Immigration police on Tuesday arrested two French nationals wanted by authorities in France, with one of them reportedly listed on an international warrant for alleged involvement in organised crime, drug trafficking, and money laundering.
Pol Lt Gen Panumas Boonyalak, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau (IB), and Pol Maj Gen Phanthana Nuchanart, deputy commissioner, ordered investigators under Immigration Division 3, to track down two suspects identified as Abdulrahim, who is around 35 years old, and Mustafa, 33, both French citizens and the subject of arrest warrants issued by French authorities.
Mr Abdulrahim, sources said, is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice on charges including illegal importation and distribution of narcotics, participation in a transnational criminal organisation and money laundering.
On Tuesday, intelligence sources found the men had moved to a luxury condo in the Asok area.
Given that both were wanted abroad and deemed prohibited persons under Thai immigration law, the commander of Immigration Division 3 signed orders revoking their permission to remain in the kingdom. A special operations team led by Pol Lt Col Itthithorn Prasertsak, deputy superintendent of the IB's Investigation Division, and Pol Lt Col Thongthai Pairoh, investigation inspector, arrested the suspects.
