Police arrested a 58-year-old Australian man in a bar on a Patong party street Tuesday night. The man had been quietly living in Phuket for three years to avoid a warrant for his arrest in Australia on drug charges.
Phuket Tourist Police and Phuket Crime Suppression officers, working with the Australian Federal Police, moved in and arrested Robert Gee at Bar Funk at 11pm.
Gee was wanted on an arrest warrant issued in Australia on July 4, 2012, for drug-possession charges.
To make matters worse for the Australian drug fugitive, he was also found in possession of a fake passport.
“We found him at the bar. He was surprised to see us there,” said Pol. Maj. Nareuwat Phutwiro, an investigator with the Phuket Tourist Police.
The fake passport Gee was carrying identified him as Canadian national Roy Greyeyes. “He admitted that the passport was fake, but he did not tell us where he bought it from,” said Maj. Nareuwat.
The police have found that Gee somehow managed to enter Thailand without passing through an immigration checkpoint some time in 2011.
“He has been in Phuket since 2013, and he bought the fake passport to use in order to remain here until he was arrested last night,” said Maj. Nareuwat.
He was taken to Patong Police Station for further questioning.
Story: The Phuket News
