Police have cracked down on the largest call centre for online scammers and arrested 63 individuals after a series of operations in Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand.
Pol Lt Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, Assistant Police Commander, who has been assigned to integrate forces into the operation, said that proactive investigations conducted by the police in collaboration with the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) uncovered the movements of the call centre group in the province.
He said the first location is a hotel in Chandi Subdistrict, Chawang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, and the other two locations are houses in Chawang District.
“The investigation is expanded to warehouses selling second-hand Japanese products in the area of Na Bon District, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where suspects and a large number of evidence were found.
“The investigation also found a connection that the place was being used as the base for an international call centre syndicate.
“As a result, 63 suspects were arrested, with 12 of Thai nationality and 51 of other nationalities,” he said.
He added that police also seized items including 223 computers, mobile phones, 1,300 mule SIM cards, 312 signal distribution routers, and 80 bank account books. — Bernama
