regular tourist complaints include high rental costs and astronomical fees for “damages”
PUBLISHED: 19 Apr 2025 at 14: 28
In a crackdown on fraud gangs posing as tourists, aquatic police have seized eight unlicensed jet skis and made five arrests.
Guests to the beach resort area have long complained about some jet-ski rental companies charging exceptionally high fees, according to authorities. The exact owners frequently accused their customers of inflicting severe damage on their homes and requiring them to pay exorbitant sums of money for maintenance.
According to Pol Lt. Gen. Jirabhop Bhuridej, the CIB commissioner, the Marine Police Division was given the task of carrying out the crackdown by the Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) in Bangkok on Friday.
In infraction of the Navigation in Thai Waters Act and related crimes, coastal authorities detained four gentlemen and one person for renting out jet skis without operating licenses.
Kritsada Jaija, 32, Cherdchai Anuphraiwan, 31, Phanomphorn Phrom-ouan, 25, Bancherd Bulan, 40, and Anchalee Tiangnoi, 34, were identified as the offenders.
Eight jet skis were found on a beach in Kathu’s region and at a wharf in tambon Koh Kaeo in Muang district, according to Pol Lt. Gen. Jirabhop on Saturday.
The Kamala and Muang police facilities handed over the five suspects for legal actions.