According to Thai media reports, recently, the police station in Chiang Saen County, Chiang Rai Province has intensified crime prevention efforts within its jurisdiction, continuously carrying out strict law enforcement actions. The police discovered a suspicious white sedan with a Chiang Rai license plate near a school in Chiang Saen County and proceeded to legally intercept and inspect it.
Upon verification, the vehicle's driver was identified as 43-year-old Thai national Wanphatsorn, with two Vietnamese nationals also in the car, namely 33-year-old TUAN VINH NGUYEN and 38-year-old VAN LQI MAI.
Simultaneously, the police found 27 Chinese passports, 54 Vietnamese passports, 6 Thai Kingdom entry and exit permit stamps, 4 Cambodian entry and exit permit stamps, and 4 Vietnamese entry and exit permit stamps in the car. Additionally, the police discovered two rubber molds used for making entry and exit permit stamps. Consequently, the police immediately contacted the Chiang Saen County immigration checkpoint, Chiang Rai Tourist Police, and relevant administrative departments to jointly investigate this case.
After interrogation, driver Wanphatsorn confessed that she was hired for a fee of 800 Thai Baht to transport the two Vietnamese men from Mae Fa Luang to Chiang Saen, and all the seized items belonged to the two Vietnamese men. However, these two Vietnamese men denied any connection to the items and stated that they had planned to stay overnight in Chiang Saen before heading to Laos.
Given the circumstances, the police suspect that these two Vietnamese men might be linked to human trafficking rings or telecommunication fraud groups, and will further investigate to track down the organization behind this. Currently, the police have preliminarily charged the two with "conspiracy to forge international travel stamps, seals, or visa stickers," and will continue to investigate further to add related charges.
