(CTN News) – Thai Immigration authorities apprehended a 43-year-old Japanese national, identified as Mr. Miyoshi, in the Khlong Toei district of Bangkok. Miyoshi was found to have overstayed his visa.
Further investigations revealed Miyoshi’s alarming criminal history. He was allegedly involved in 111 theft cases across five areas in Japan last year, causing damages amounting to approximately 3 million baht.
Police suspect that Miyoshi led a notorious theft gang and a motorbike gang in Japan.
The Royal Thai Immigration Bureau worked in coordination with the Japanese Embassy to verify Miyoshi’s identity and criminal record. Following his arrest at a condominium in Pawet, he is now awaiting deportation.
Bangkok: Other Visa Overstay Arrests
In a separate incident, police arrested an anti-social Austrian man for overstaying his visa by more than two years in the Isaan province of Buriram on May 8. Locals had complained that the foreigner repeatedly harassed them and behaved erratically.
Additionally, immigration police arrested a Syrian man and an Egyptian woman at a hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 4 in Bangkok for overstaying their visas. The Syrian man was discovered to have committed several prior offences.