Police at Phuket Airport yesterday arrested a Spanish man wanted by the Spanish police for a number of fraudulent actions. The arrest happened within the Arrivals Hall of the airport’s International Terminal, around 9.15pm.
Information in regards to the arrest was released by the Phuket branch of the Immigration Bureau. However, the bureau refrained from disclosing the suspect’s title or age. There was also no information about the country that the individual had travelled from previous to his arrest.
According to FlightRadar24, between 7pm and 9.05pm, earlier than the arrest, seven worldwide flights arrived from Dubai, Melbourne, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. The exact flight that the suspect was on remains ambiguous.
To preserve the privacy of the suspect, his face in the official photograph was pixelated earlier than publication. Another particular person appeared in that very same image, their face was additionally hid. Crazy had been shared about the second person.
The suspect is believed to be accountable for multiple fraudulent schemes involving numerous victims, as reported by Spanish authorities. In response, an Interpol ‘red notice’ has been issued, compelling all member states to arrest him and then extradite him to Spain for authorized proceedings, The Phuket News reported.
The arrest operation was a collaborative effort, with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Royal Thai Police taking part alongside Phuket Immigration. The suspect, post-arrest, was transferred “to the Office of the Attorney General for further authorized investigations.”
Two years in the past, police arrested a 37 yr old Dutch national who was allegedly concerned in the SPM Shopping Mall website rip-off, which police suspect is a large pyramid scheme that defrauded lots of of people on the island. Police say the man was a Line administrator for the scheme and they’re nonetheless trying to find forty other suspected Line ‘Admin.’