PUBLISHED: 19 Jul 2024 at 19: 17
The Thai Department of Special Investigation ( DSI) and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA ) recently assisted in the return of thirty smuggled luxury cars to the United Kingdom.
According to acting director of the DSI, Pol Maj Yutthana Praedam, the organization requested that 35 luxurious vehicles be located in England in 2016 and 2017 in accordance with a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty ( MLA ).
The trucks were for more than £2.4 million, or over 100 million rmb, he said.
Officials from a particular task force nicknamed” Operation Titanium” that was launched in 2017 raided nine places in Bangkok and recovered 30 vehicles, including eight Mercedes Benzes, five BMW M4s, five Bmws, three Nissan GT-Rs, one Lamborghini Huracan Spyder, a Ford Mustang, a Lexus, and a Mini Cooper. Five additional vehicles are being found.
The luxury vehicles were illegally smuggled into Thailand after being stolen from the UK by a network led by a Thai national named Intharasak ( surnamed withheld ), alias Boy Unity. According to the research, Mr. Intharasak and 12 of his partners engaged in criminal deeds.
The suspects had hired and purchased those vehicles from a number of UK hire companies, according to Pol Maj Yutthana. The culprits exported the vehicles from Heathrow Airport to Singapore and registered them as new cars with British traditions. The goods moved from Thailand to Thailand.
The DSI director-general was appointed by the Office of Attorney-General to guide the analysis, as the crime took place outside Thai place, said Pol Maj Yutthana.
The gang used three businesses as importation nominees, according to the analysis. They had been given permission to record the cars with the Department of Land Transportation ( DLT) and purchase them because they had been given permission to do so and had already paid annual fees.
Pol Maj Yutthana said the attorney-general had issued five complaints against the 13 defendants, including Mr Intharasak.