NINTENDO DSI urges owners to return more vehicles
The particular Department of Exclusive Investigation (DSI) has seized 26 supercars illegally imported through England as part of Procedure Titanium, a years-long investigation aiming to locate the vehicles and the ones involved in the crime, said Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
On Monday, Mr Somsak, together with DSI director-general Trairit Temahiwong and his deputy Pol Lt Col Phayao Thongsen, told people of the press that a total of 26 out of 35 supercars have been seized simply by Thai police in the past few years.
In 2016, the particular National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) joined forces with London’s Metropolitan Police to conduct the particular operation after discovering criminals in England had been involved in the importation, this individual said.
Mr Somsak stated a gang in England looked over the sale or rent agreements before its system issued bills associated with lading and invoices to ship the cars from Heathrow Airport terminal to Singapore.
All thirty-five cars were delivered to Thailand by sea, Mr Somsak said.
The DSI was then contacted from the United Kingdom National Criminal offense Agency (NCA) to appear into the matter because Thailand and the UK had signed the particular Treaty on Shared Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, this individual said.
Mr Somsak mentioned seven of the thirty-five stolen vehicles were seized by the NINTENDO DSI in 2017.
Officers got raided locations in Bangkok and discovered seven cars with vehicle identification quantities matching the vehicle sign up numbers of the taken cars, he said.
They were found at two showrooms owned by STT Auto Car, this individual added.
Later, the NINTENDO DSI was informed by the Customs Department that another six stolen cars were getting kept in the Bangkok Free Trade Area, he said, adding they were all then seized by police.
In June 2018, the particular DSI director-general started looking at the criminal offense as a special situation, Mr Somsak said.
Afterwards that year, the UK government agency provided the DSI with documents and evidence related to the case, this individual said.
Mr Somsak declared that even though the unlawful function was committed outdoors Thailand, the criminal offense still violated the particular Thai Criminal Program code.
The attorney-general signed the DSI to investigate the situation in February this year, he said.
Owners plus buyers of 26 of the supercars were notified of the thefts and decided to return the vehicles to the DSI, he said.
Nevertheless , nine of the vehicle owners have however to return the rest of the automobiles, he said, warning that those who decline may face fees.