Leading the operation will be the newly-established Tourism Police Bureau (TPB) and the Armed Forces Security Centre, according to TPB's acting deputy commissioner Surachet Hakpan. He said law enforcement officials have gathered intelligence and identified the targets for the blitz which will start this week. But as we welcome foreign tourists, we also open our doors to criminals," Pol Maj Gen Surachet said. Pol Col Choengron Rimpadee, commander of Immigration Bureau 2, said the bureau will not be left behind in the campaign and has introduced an Advance Passenger Processing System (APPS) to help in screening. The Immigration Bureau has launched a programme in which staff at check-in counters are trained to examine passports, he said, adding that more than 30 airlines have joined.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2017 22:07 UTC