NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: An Australian man was arrested in Muang district of this southern province on Monday night for suspected involvement in transnational criminal activities centred in Phuket, authorities said yesterday.
The arrest was made by soldiers in cooperation with immigration and local police officials.
Samuel James Norton Cook, 47, was detained when the Bangkok-registered Toyota car he was driving was stopped near the Pratulod community in tambon Nai Muang.
A search of the vehicle found a passport with a visa that had expired more than a year ago, and a fake driver’s licence.
Mr Cook said he was in Nakhon Si Thammarat municipality on business.
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