Tag: Nigerians

Baggage Claim at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok

Bangkok

March 27, 2024

Nigerian Arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok With 69 Cocaine Pellets in His Stomach

In an operation led by Customs officers collaborating with the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF), a Nigerian national was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on Monday, March 25, 2024. The suspect, arriving on a flight from Doha, Qatar, drew attention due to his suspicious demeanor upon arrival. Eight suspects of Nigerian-led drug network arrested […]

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Bangkok

October 27, 2023

Eight suspects of Nigerian-led drug network arrested in Bangkok and surrounding provinces

Eight members of a Nigerian-led transnational drug network were arrested during a police raid on 17 locations in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. Two Nigerians arrested in Patong for romance scam, overstay Teams from the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) and officials the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted the raids to apprehend suspected drug offenders, […]

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News

August 25, 2023December 5, 2023

Nigerian, 13 Thais arrested in Bangkok and six other provinces over romance scam

A Nigerian man and 13 Thais, who were members of a romance scam gang responsible for siphoning about 800 million baht out of Thailand over a span of three years, have been arrested following police operations conducted across seven provinces. Phuket Police Get Into a Car Chase with a Nigerian Man on a Four Year […]

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A pickup truck driving on a road in Wichit, Phuket

Phuket

August 4, 2023

Phuket Police Get Into a Car Chase with a Nigerian Man on a Four Year Overstay, Seize Cocaine From His Home

Police chased after a Nigerian man in a sedan ,whose passport had expired about four years prior, for about 20 kilometers and later seized cocaine at a house in Phuket where the man resided. Two Nigerians, Thai woman arrested in Bangkok following the seizure of 8.5 kilogrammes of heroin The Phuket Immigration Police told the […]

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Phuket

May 11, 2023

Nigerian Man Arrested in Phuket for Illegally Entering Thailand

A Nigerian man was arrested in Rawai for illegally entering the Kingdom of Thailand after he was deported for overstaying before. Four Nigerians Arrested in Phuket with More than 1200 Days of Overstay Each The Phuket Immigration Office told the Phuket Express that on Wednesday (May 10th) they arrested a 40-year-old Nigerian man. His name […]

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Baggage Claim at domestic terminal of Suvarnabhumi International Airport level 2, Bangkok

Bangkok

March 16, 2023

Two Nigerians, Thai woman arrested in Bangkok following the seizure of 8.5 kilogrammes of heroin

Two Nigerian men and a Thai woman have been arrested in Bangkok following the seizure of 8.5 kilogrammes of heroin stuffed into fruit cans destined for Hong Kong. The trio were arrested on Wednesday after officials from the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) and other agencies inspected 11 suspected parcels of canned fruit at a […]

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Tourist police Toyota car in Phuket, Thailand

Phuket

February 4, 2023

Four Nigerians Arrested in Phuket with More than 1200 Days of Overstay Each

Four Nigerian men were arrested in Rawai and Chalong with more than 1,200 days of overstays each.

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Asia

August 8, 2022

Nigerian monkeypox patient faces charges, deportation from Cambodia

The Nigerian man who fled from Phuket to Phnom Penh after being infected with monkeypox will be charged with immigration offences in Cambodia and later be deported. Keo Vannthan, the Cambodian Immigration Department spokesman, said the 27-year-old would be charged with illegal entry and also under disease control laws. He would serve a sentence and […]

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