Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat Sajjapan, Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner, said during a press briefing last Thursday (Aug 17) that Robert Wainwright had been sent to Phuket Immigration Office after his arrest in Rawai.
Wainwright was reportedly staying in Phuket with student status through a language school with his Australian girlfriend.
Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat said Wainwright’s girlfriend handled his affairs to avoid suspicion.
Immigration police arrested Wainwright and his girlfriend while leaving a villa in Phuket on Aug 10.
Pol Lt Gen Pakphumpipat said the Royal Thai Police had been informed of Wainwright’s presence by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), which is targeting a drug-trafficking syndicate of which Wainwright is suspected of being a member.