Thousands of foreigners charged for illegally entering country
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More than 9,000 foreigners were busted for illegally entering the country - four of them wanted by Interpol - during a weeklong police crackdown that finished Sunday.
Police said of the 9,265 foreigners napped, 9038 had been charged with violating the Immigration Act 1979, 18 for violating the Criminal Code and 209 were charged in accordance with other laws.
The arrests include Kristina Monka, 23, a Russian wanted by Interpol on fraud charges, was arrested on Wednesday.
Grigory Lyaskov, 24, a Russian wanted by Interpol on fraud charges, was arrested along with Kristina.
Working as a bank manager in Russia, it is alleged Kristina transferred Bt4 million from a client’s account to her secret account and Bt945,000 to Grigory’s account.
Russian police issued arrest warrants and cancelled their passports and sought Interpol’s help in arresting them.
Immigration Bureau police arrested them in Pattaya.
