{"asset":"news","key":"2819","locale":"en","id":"news:2819:en","entityId":"news:2819","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/2819","state":"ready","title":"Scam call to Thai police official leads investigators to suspected telecom-fraud premises","summary":"Police traced a suspicious call to an apartment in Nonthaburi and seized communications equipment; an arrest-warrant application was being prepared.","body":"Thai police recently dismantled a suspected telecommunications-fraud operation in Nonthaburi province after a scam call reached a deputy police commander. Investigators traced the call and searched an apartment under a court warrant, seizing equipment linked to the case.\nAccording to Thai police, on 20 October, Provincial Police Region 1 deputy commander Prathan Nantakobkul received a call from someone claiming to work for a telecommunications company. The caller falsely alleged that his account was linked to financial dealings with a southern drug group and demanded a transfer for “verification”. The official recognised the scam and asked for account details, whereupon the caller hung up.\nPolice took the incident seriously. Technical officers traced a suspicious signal to suspected scam equipment in an apartment building in Bang Bua Thong district, Nonthaburi.\nAt 10 a.m. on 25 October, officers acting on court search warrant K.903/2568, together with the Criminal Investigation Bureau, searched a fourth-floor room and found:\nOne communications box capable of holding 32 SIM cards;\nOne internet modem;\nOne surveillance camera;\nOne UPS backup power unit.\nTo preserve evidence, police invited forensic specialists to collect fingerprints and DNA samples and compare them with crime databases.\nPreliminary inquiries identified the tenant as Noi, a 39-year-old woman from the province named in the source as «萨拉凯府», who had rented the premises for about a month. Police suspected a direct connection with the scam group and were preparing to apply for an arrest warrant.\nThe suspect would face allegations including unlawful possession or use of radio communications equipment and establishing a radio communications station without permission. The investigation was continuing.\nCompiled report by this station","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"17067","languageVersionId":"15027","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.eJKU6Bc7AsRljX1NLqdwQTwMrbEglXH5xBHdyKj7BMU"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"zh","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"172","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2025-10-27T07:02:02Z"}