Tourist police arrested six Taiwanese men in Bangkok and Samut Prakan province for allegedly stealing money from victims of a call scam.
Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of tourist police, told a press conference in Bangkok on Sunday that Chen-hung Shin, 20, Hao-chieh Chen, 24, and Wen-tsung Huang, 23, were arrested in Room No. 522 at View Place Mansion on Soi Lat Phrao 130 in Bang Kapi district on Wednesday.
Police seized five bank passbooks, four ATM cards, 90,600 baht in cash, and ATM slips as well as clothes, bags and shoes worn by the men while withdrawing money from ATMs in the jurisdiction area of the Lat Phrao police station.
On Saturday police arrested Sheng-xian, 21, and Gen-bin Liang, 25, on Soi Phraekasa 14 in Muang district, Samut Prakan. Seized from the two were an ATM card, two passbooks, 30,000 baht in cash, and withdrawal slips.
It was unclear exactly how the scam operated, but the gang apparently targeted owners of illicit businesses and sent them forged arrest warrants via Line and Facebook. The victims were then told to transfer money to Thai bank accounts in order to avoid prosecution.
The five suspects told police that they were given the ATM cards by Ju-chen Lo.
Mr Ju-chen, 23, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan on Saturday as he was about to leave the country, Pol Maj Gen Surachet said.