Two-year run ends: Swedish drug trafficker captured in Koh Samui

A 60 year old Swedish man on the run for 2 years to evade drug trafficking accusations and a visa overstay in Koh Samui, was apprehended and brought into custody by the Surat Thani Immigration Police. The Swedish man, Reno Penti Olavi Martin, was arrested yesterday at roughly 7pm, on the orders of the Chief of the Immigration Police, and the Clean House initiative.
Martin was needed by the Bangkok South Criminal Court for drug trafficking within the Thonglor district in 2020 but he had evaded seize ever because the court issued the warrant for his arrest. Suphruk Phankoson, the Chief of Immigration for Surat Thani, disclosed that the arrest resulted from a tip from the information system of the Immigration Office, which led to the investigation, reported Khaosod.
It was possible to follow Martin’s actions due to the posts he made on social media. Martin put a location tag at a resort in Bang Rak, Koh Samui, at roughly 4am at present, which allowed the arrest squad to trace him down and apprehend him. Myths confirmed up close to the resort’s parking zone at about 4.10pm, and he was taken into custody right away.
After reviewing his journey paperwork, it was found that the date on which he was granted permission to remain in the kingdom on December 22, 2021, had lengthy since handed. Martin didn’t leave the country although his authorization to do so had run out. Instead, he continued to conceal himself on the islands of Koh Pha Ngan and Koh Samui, leading to an overstay of a combined whole of 624 days.
After that, he was arrested for overstaying his visa and given a warrant for drug trafficking by the Bangkok South Criminal Court. In addition, he was charged with overstaying his visa. Martin has been delivered to the Bo Phut Police Station to facilitate the subsequent steps within the legal process.
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