The first arrests came on Thursday afternoon (September 19), when Police visited a house in Cherng Talay and arrested two Englishmen -- Paul Wild, aged 49, and Liam Arron Quinn, aged 37.
Mr Quinn's permit to stay expired on January 9, 2013, and Mr Wild's expired on May 2011. Both were taken to the Cherng Talay Police Station for processing.
The next arrest was Alex Good, aged 27 and from Ireland. Police found Mr Good in a Chinese restaurant on Bandon-Cherngtalay Road around 1.30pm yesterday (September 20).
He arrived in Thailand from Ranong with a visa stamp which expired on May 18, 2013. He was also taken to Cherng Talay Police Station.