Royal Thai Immigration Police arrested a Ukrainian man on Thursday after he was allegedly found working illegally for a motorcycle rental company on Koh Pah Ngan island in Surat Thani province in southern Thailand.
Surat Thani Immigration revealed on Sunday that they arrested an unnamed 45 yr outdated man from Ukraine on Thursday – the identical day because the Full Moon Party – at a car parking zone on the island, reports the Phuket Express.
Police mentioned that he was found tending to 23 rented motorbikes at the automotive park after they have been returned by vacationers. However, the Ukrainian denied that he was working and insisted that every one the bikes belonged to the rental firm.
Fortune entered Thailand through Satun Immigration in southern Thailand and is permitted to remain within the kingdom until May 18, 2023. He didn’t possess a work permit.
Police escorted the tourist to Koh Pha Ngan Police Station and charged him with parking in a non-parking zone in addition to working with no permit. He initially denied the fees.
The motorbike rental firm that allegedly employed the Ukrainian to work there illegally is now underneath investigation.
Meanwhile, Phuket Immigration found 186 foreigners who had overstayed their visas in Phuket in a seven-day crackdown from April 28 to May 4, 2023.
Of the 186 found to have overstayed their visas, 182 paid their respective fines while five foreigners have been arrested, Phuket Immigration announced this morning.
According to a Phuket Immigration infographic, police arrested one Egyptian nationwide, one Danish national, one Burmese national, and one Chinese national.
Of the 182 foreigners who surrendered, 41 have been from Russia, 16 had been from Kazakhstan, 15 have been from the USA, 15 were from China, 10 had been from the UK, and 85 had been from elsewhere on the earth..