Police arrested an Aussie man at a luxurious lodging in Phuket on August 10 after the foreigner fled a drug charge from his homeland to cover in Thailand.
Phuket Provincial Immigration Police today held a press convention to report the successful arrest of the Australian, Robert Wainwright. The arrest was made on Thursday, August 10 close to a luxury pool villa within the Rawai sub-district, Meaung district, Phuket province.
Officers reported that the Australian authorities had recently executed Operation LESALAN, an investigative initiative aimed on the detection and apprehension of suspects in drug and firearm trafficking. However, a variety of the suspects, including Wainwright, managed to evade arrest.
After conducting a further investigation into runaway suspects, the Australian authorities found Wainwright was hiding in Thailand. Wainwright reportedly entered Thailand on a student visa.
To disguise from the police, Wainwright prevented doing any monetary transactions and let his Australian girlfriend do it for him. He also kept changing his lodging to make it more durable to track him down. Fortunately, eagle-eyed Thai police managed to hint him in the lengthy run.
Officers discovered Wainwright and his girlfriend had been residing in a luxury villa in the in style resort and monitored them closely. On August 10, the officers surrounded the villa and waited until the two left the premises.
Officers allowed them to travel out of the villa’s compound of their car before they pounced to make an arrest. The police didn’t report whether or not Wainwright’s girlfriend was apprehended or the subsequent step of the authorized process.
Several Australian nationwide arrests in Thailand have been reported this year.
In June, Thai police arrested an Aussie couple who stole 2.5 million baht from a Chinese sufferer in Bangkok and hid from the arrest in Phuket.
In Secure , officers arrested an Australian man for causing injury to a van’s rear-view mirror following a row with a Thai driver.
More Aussie males were arrested in Phuket in March for their involvement in a brawl with overseas employees members on the Atlas Restaurant while another Australian man was arrested for stealing a automotive from the Phuket Airport in the identical month. His escapade got here to a screeching halt as he encountered police checkpoints throughout his journey..