Police say the arrest of a Nigerian man this weekend is the latest in an ongoing battle against foreigners who are flooding the popular tourist destination with cocaine and other drugs. Chinedu Victor Okeke, 45, was arrested on Saturday after jumping out of the window of his rented, climbing over a fence and attempting to […]
Police will propose tighter visa screening of Ugandans and Nigerians after another two Ugandans were arrested on charges of romance scamming, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, went public with his proposal at a press conference held to announce the arrest of the […]
Pattaya station chief Apichai Krobpetch and the tourist police announced the arrest of two Nigerians involved in a Romance Scam that defrauded Thai women of one million baht. Sophon said that those arrested were Nigerian nationals Ositadima Ibeh, 28, and Chinedu Calistus Ndubuisi, 30. Thaivisa / Sophon Cable
Tourist Police arrested a Nigerian on Thursday for involvement in an alleged international romance scam that appears to have netted Bt16 million. Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, said ATM cards, bank pass books, a mobile phone and a computer were seized when Light Chinezurum was arrested at a […]
Tourist police are hunting for conspirators in a “romance scam” gang after they arrested a 32-year-old Nigerian who allegedly lured a Thai woman in Lampang province into wiring him nearly Bt100,000. Tourist Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakparn said in a press conference yesterday that the suspect, Emery Henry Ogba, was a member […]
SA KAEO: Two Nigerians who had made their way through Vietnam and Cambodia and into Thailand without visas were caught and charged with illegal entry after a car chase near the border late on Monday afternoon. The incident began about 4.30pm when a squad from the 12th Ranger Regiment’s special task force patrolling at Rong […]
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, police are rounding up members of a gang of foreigners accused of running a “romance scam”. Accomplices are being sought after two Nigerians were arrested on Wednesday. Tourist Police Deputy Commissioner Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal said Emeka Celestine Eze, 31, was apprehended at a condominium in Bangkok’s Bang Na […]
Immigration police have arrested four Nigerians for overstaying tourist visas and charged them with being involved in a criminal network conducting romance scams. The arrest was announced yesterday at a press conference at the Immigration Bureau at 11.30am. Immigration police chief Pol Lt-General Sutthipong Wongpin identified the four suspects as Egbain Andrew, Onwuemeru Elvis, Uchechukwu […]
