RELEASED: 22 Jul 2023 at 07:52
CHON BURI: Authorities apprehended 4 foreign suspects, consisting of the leader of the Outlaws Bike Club in Pattaya, in a raid linked to a club member’s supposed murder of Hans Peter Walter Mack, a German home broker in Nong Prue district.
Deputy nationwide authorities chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn stated Provincial Authorities Area 2 and Chon Buri Provincial Authorities broadened their examinations of the bike gang and discovered it had members of numerous citizenships.
The gang has actually been associated with some prohibited service, consisting of drugs and human trafficking, he declared.
The crackdown originates from examinations into Mack’s murder on June 4, in which authorities later on apprehended German nationwide Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann, 52, a member of the Outlaws Bike Club and 3 other suspects; Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Nicole Frevel, 52 and Shahrukh Karim Uddin, 27.
Performing on the tip-off, authorities introduced a crackdown on 8 properties on Friday to apprehend the gang’s leader, Mr Thomas, an Austrian nationwide.
Throughout the raid, authorities apprehended Mr Thomas at a home in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district as he was cramming in preparation to get away the nation.
Authorities took his Harley Davidson bike and other proof.
Authorities stated Mr Thomas confessed he was the gang’s leader however stopped after knowing of Mack’s murder.
Authorities ran a background check and discovered that the suspect had an arrest warrant out for scams and inputting incorrect info into a computer system.
Mr Thomas was sent out to Pattaya police headquarters for additional legal action.
Authorities likewise apprehended another gang member, recognized as Danny, a German nationwide, in a home at Chokchai Garden Home 2 in tambon Nong Prue.
The suspect likewise checked favorable for illegal substance abuse.
Authorities likewise took his Kawasaki Z900 bike.
Authorities similarly apprehended Daniel, an American nationwide, and Theodor, a Swiss nationwide, at other areas.
Their visas were withdrawed after Chonburi Migration Workplace and Examination Migration Department 3 discovered that the 2 suspects breached the Migration Act 1979.
Authorities took their 4 bikes throughout the raid.
Pol Gen Surachate stated authorities would broaden their examinations into the Outlaws Bike Club and other criminal gangs that have actually devoted offenses in the kingdom.
