Highway Patrol arrested a young man with a doctor who used 2 cards to cheat on the motorway toll Has happened 14 times
(July 20, 65) Highway Patrol Police Station 1, Supervision Division 8, Highway Patrol Division Announcing the arrest Highway users defrauded motorway tolls. By keeping several electronic cards through the motorway. to be used to circulate in paying fees at prices that are lower than reality
due to the Mabprachan Highway Police Investigation Unit Received a complaint from the officer at the U-Tapao Toll Plaza to the abnormal behavior of a particular user is to use the intercity highway no. 7 or the motorway route Bangkok – U-Tapao In which the tollway user must pick up a card from one of the automatic card dispensers and use it to pay for the toll fee at the destination. which are charged according to the actual distance used In which the said user drove a gray pickup truck, registered Rayong, which used the service at the U-Tapao checkpoint. There is a behavior of pressing to receive cards through automatic card dispensers, 2 cards at a time regularly.
The Highway Patrol then investigated the news until it was found. such users cause the first Since November 13, 2021 and the latest incident on June 16, a total of 14 times, therefore, collect evidence to report complaints to investigators at Ban Chang Police Station, Rayong Province and request an arrest warrant from the Rayong Provincial Court. later
Until on July 20, the road user was found driving a pickup truck. Go to the U-Tapao checkpoint. heading to Bangkok therefore followed up and called to park at the Bang Pakong Toll Plaza. Found Mr. Teeraphat, the driver and the person on the arrest warrant. Searching in the car, the contents of the electronic card were found via the motorway. from 20 different stages
Police Lieutenant Colonel Narongrit Ngamchang, Chief Inspector of Highway Police Station 1, Division 8, Highway Patrol Division, revealed that initially this suspect Accidentally learned a technique for cheating on expressway tolls. because there was one time The accused had pressed the expressway electronic card from the U-Tapao checkpoint, received two cards, then kept the other one until he forgot. until there is a chance to come back to use the same route again But this time he got confused and picked up the old electronic card that was placed in the car. Return it to the pass collection officer at the checkpoint closest to the Yoo-Taphao checkpoint. which pays a fee of only 10 baht, less than the reality both traveling from Bangkok therefore crushing on the wrong idea Always use this method. to save on expressway fees
The investigation also found that there were approximately 4 to 5 road users who behaved similarly to this suspect, but were less frequent than this one. which is in the process of following up on the circumstances of collecting evidence for further prosecution
Mr. Boonperm Rienthaisong, director of fee collection management, Department of Highways, revealed that in the past, two cards can be accepted in the event of a towing vehicle passing through the checkpoint, but from now on, the problem will be solved by canceling it. More than 1 card can be accepted per car. to pay additional cards on a case-by-case basis
For this incident The damage was only 3,780 baht, but not worth the prosecution. If arrested by the authorities in the future Therefore, be warned that such behavior considered illegal should not be imitated However, the Highway Patrol sent the suspect to the Ban Chang Police Station investigating officer for theft by using a vehicle and illegally using another person’s electronic card.
