Police in Phuket apprehended a British man for his involvement in a counterfeit euro exchange scam across various locations in the province.
The alleged suspect, 33 year old British national Tobias Drew was reportedly found in possession of a large sum of counterfeit currency and has been charged under Thai law.
A 50 year old Thai woman, Janjira Laowlang was the first to report the scam to the Sakoo Police Station on February 6. She reported that she had fallen victim to a foreigner who exchanged 1,000 euros for 37,850 baht, only to later discover that the bills were counterfeit.
The following day, at 3.15pm, authorities detained Drew and seized a substantial amount of counterfeit bills, including 89 counterfeit 200 euro bills, along with various other denominations of counterfeit currency.
Drew confessed to entering Thailand in December last…
