Police hand over NZ suspect to FBI
published : 20 Oct 2022 at 09:07
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
A criminal suspect wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and New Zealand police has been detained in Thailand and handed over to the FBI.
Shane Ngakuru, 43, from New Zealand, was arrested by Thai police in Lat Krabang district of Bangkok on Tuesday.
The man was wanted by New Zealand authorities on multiple charges including racketeering conspiracy, which led to an arrest warrant being issued in New Zealand for him on June 24 last year.
Mr Ngakuru, who was identified as a member of Comanchero MC, an international crime syndicate operating mainly in New Zealand, entered Thailand in 2020.
The man had overstayed his visa and gone into hiding in Phuket where he ran businesses including a restaurant, a tattoo parlour and fitness centre with his Thai wife. However, after he learned about the arrest warrant which was out for him, he fled to Samut Prakan.
The suspect has already been deported to the US where he will be prosecuted before being deported again to New Zealand to face more charges.
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Vocabulary
- arrest (verb): (of the police) to take someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - จับกุม
- conspiracy: a secret plan by a group of people to do something bad or illegal - การวางแผนอย่างลับๆ การสมรู้ร่วมคิด
- deport: to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there - เนรเทศออกจากประเทศ, ส่งตัวกลับประเทศ
- flee (past form: fled) (verb): to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger or consequences - หนี
- overstay: stay in a country for longer than you are allowed to stay, not leaving when your visa to stay in the country ends -
- prosecute: to officially accuse someone of a crime and ask a court of law to judge them - ดำเนินคดี
- racketeering (noun): the activity of making money through dishonest or illegal activities -
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
- syndicate: a group of people or companies who work together and help each other in order to achieve a particular aim - สมาคม, องค์การ, สหการ , การรวมกลุ่มเป็นสมาคม
- warrant (noun): a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something - หมาย
