Provincial Police Bureau 5 Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Thanitsak Thirasawat told a press conference Wednesday that Tan Tian Yong was arrested Tuesday in front of his hotel in Mueang Chiang Mai district.
He said police made the arrest after they were informed by Kasikornbank officials that a foreign tourist had used fake credit cards in Chiang Mai.
Police found 19 fake credit cards in the Malaysian man’s room.
The tourist said he got the credit cards from his friend in Cambodia.