RELEASED: 22 Jul 2023 at 07:52
CHON BURI: Cops 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 residential or commercial property broker in Nong Prue district.
Deputy nationwide cops chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn stated Provincial Cops Area 2 and Chon Buri Provincial Cops broadened their examinations of the bike gang and discovered it had members of numerous citizenships.
The gang has actually been associated with some unlawful service, consisting of drugs and human trafficking, he declared.
The crackdown originates from examinations into Mack’s murder on June 4, in which cops 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, cops introduced a crackdown on 8 properties on Friday to apprehend the gang’s leader, Mr Thomas, an Austrian nationwide.
Throughout the raid, cops apprehended Mr Thomas at a home in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district as he was cramming in preparation to leave the nation.
Cops seized his Harley Davidson bike and other proof.
Cops stated Mr Thomas confessed he was the gang’s leader however stopped after knowing of Mack’s murder.
Cops ran a background check and discovered that the suspect had an arrest warrant out for scams and inputting incorrect details into a computer system.
Mr Thomas was sent out to Pattaya police headquarters for additional legal action.
Cops likewise apprehended another gang member, recognized as Danny, a German nationwide, in a home at Chokchai Garden House 2 in tambon Nong Prue.
The suspect likewise checked favorable for illegal substance abuse.
Cops likewise seized his Kawasaki Z900 bike.
Cops 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 broke the Migration Act 1979.
Cops seized their 4 bikes throughout the raid.
Pol Gen Surachate stated cops would broaden their examinations into the Outlaws Bike Club and other criminal gangs that have actually dedicated offenses in the kingdom.