China · Thai Examiner
Eleven arrested in Saturday property raids linked to foreigners with links to criminality across Bangkok
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Key facts
- Police raid Bangkok’s luxury estates, targeting 94 homes worth ฿6 billion
- Chinese murder fugitive linked to ฿43 million cash house purchase and gambling operations across borders
- National Police Commissioner Samran Nuanma led raids targeting 94 houses worth over ฿6 billion, with 11 foreigners arrested
- One Chinese murder suspect reportedly purchased a ฿43 million house for cash
- Police chief leads raids on four luxury Bangkok estates as 86 foreign arrest warrants target property
- Thai loan applicants say identities were used to register firms as police identify 156 suspected nominees
Summary
### Police raid Bangkok’s luxury estates, targeting 94 homes worth ฿6 billion. Eleven foreigners arrested as Chinese murder fugitives and suspected nominee firms emerge. Police insist the crackdown targets criminal conduct, not lawful foreign homeowners.
A massive police crackdown on foreign property ownership swept through Bangkok’s luxury housing estates on Saturday. National Police Commissioner Samran Nuanma led raids targeting 94 houses worth over ฿6 billion, with 11 foreigners arrested. Among the suspects were Chinese fugitives wanted for murder, international fraud and organised crime.
Thailand’s National Police Commissioner, Police General Samran Nuanma, led a massive crackdown on foreign property ownership in Bangkok on Saturday. More than 100 officers raided 17 locations across four luxury housing developments, targeting properties worth over ฿6 billion.