Xie Haiping, 34, Yang Changbin, 27, Min Zhong, 35, and Su Chuanfeng, 35, reportedly confessed to police that they had obtained the fake cards in Hong Kong and used them to withdraw money in Phuket and had planned to fly back to Hong Kong yesterday.
They were nabbed at Soi Keb Sap in Kathu district at 12.20am following a tip-off about suspicious foreigners using many cards to withdraw cash from an ATM.