Cops busted six overstayers in northeast Thailand’s Buriram province forward of the Songkran competition.
Plain by Immigration Police in Buriram led to the detention of six foreigners for overstaying their visas. The operation happened from March 27 to April 10 and was aimed toward preventing and suppressing crime through the Songkran Festival, according to Naewna.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Ketchakat Nilpradap, head of Immigration Division four, led the police officers who conducted the raids and detained the foreigners. Two detained foreigners had been fined for overstaying their visas, one was arrested for working and not using a permit, and 4 were held for illegal entry.
Immigration Police warned that foreigners caught breaking the law in Thailand and who meet the standards of being a prohibited particular person will be blacklisted.
The crackdown was ordered by Pol. Maj. Gen. Phanthana Nuchanart, deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau, who directed his officers to take strict motion towards international nationals who flout immigration guidelines.
Buriram just isn’t the one spot in Thailand where authorities have been on the prowl for overstayers.
On April 5, Pattaya authorities hunted throughout town for overseas overstayers and criminals. The operation concerned about 50 law enforcement officers who inspected nightclubs in Pattaya.
The officers principally focused foreigners who have been working illegally in Pattaya, overstayers, and unlawful migrant staff. The police and immigration were separated into three groups, and they visited nightclubs and various other venues round crowded vacationer spots corresponding to Walking Street and Soi 6 to verify tourists’ passports for overstayers. They also inspected the venues’ staff to see if they carried weapons or illicit medication..