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PHUKET: Two women have been arrested on Phuket for a scam involving the selling of 52 hire cars to dealers in neighboring countries.
One of the women was a gambler who stole the cars and sold them to sustain her punting habits, police said.
Sukanya Jantanarak, 40, was nabbed in a Cherng Talay gold shop yesterday as she sold a gold necklet to fund the hire of yet another car.
''The operation has been going on for three years,'' said the chief investigator at Phuket's Cherng Talay Police Station, Colonel Sommai On-kam.
''We've been able to use gps to recover 16 of the 52 cars stolen in that period.''
As well as Khun Sukanya, police arrested 44-year-oldSupalak Kurtmainee, who acted as guarantor on the contracts for hiring the vehicles.
Hire car owner Kawjai Keawsopa said she had rented a car to Khun Sukanya three years ago but it disappeared. She was later contacted and asked to pay a ransom to have the vehicle returned, but the ransom disappeared, too.
Another Phuket rent car owner, RattanaWorranut, said that she had a business in Surin. Khun Sukanya had rented a Fortuner from her and paid 20,000 baht for the first two months.
Then the vehicle vanished, she said. As a result, she's had to sell her home to meet repayments on the vehicle.
In one ''grand theft'' Khun Sukanya had hired as many as 10 vehicles from the same company, Colonel Sommai said. ''A total of 52 vehicles were sold to neighboring countries,'' he said.
One of the women was a gambler who stole the cars and sold them to sustain her punting habits, police said.
Sukanya Jantanarak, 40, was nabbed in a Cherng Talay gold shop yesterday as she sold a gold necklet to fund the hire of yet another car.
''The operation has been going on for three years,'' said the chief investigator at Phuket's Cherng Talay Police Station, Colonel Sommai On-kam.
''We've been able to use gps to recover 16 of the 52 cars stolen in that period.''
As well as Khun Sukanya, police arrested 44-year-oldSupalak Kurtmainee, who acted as guarantor on the contracts for hiring the vehicles.
Hire car owner Kawjai Keawsopa said she had rented a car to Khun Sukanya three years ago but it disappeared. She was later contacted and asked to pay a ransom to have the vehicle returned, but the ransom disappeared, too.
Another Phuket rent car owner, RattanaWorranut, said that she had a business in Surin. Khun Sukanya had rented a Fortuner from her and paid 20,000 baht for the first two months.
Then the vehicle vanished, she said. As a result, she's had to sell her home to meet repayments on the vehicle.
In one ''grand theft'' Khun Sukanya had hired as many as 10 vehicles from the same company, Colonel Sommai said. ''A total of 52 vehicles were sold to neighboring countries,'' he said.
So these hire companies don't have any proof of address or other ID of the people who "hire" their cars?
And then the cars go "missing"?
Som nam naa.
Posted by Smithy on May 5, 2014 12:50