BANGKOK — After receiving an arrest warrant for a suspect who embezzled $400,000 worth of gems from a longtime friend, police seek Interpol’s assistance to arrest him.
On July 25, police investigators revealed that the court has approved an arrest warrant for a male suspect in a case where an Indian gem merchant had three gems worth 14.5 million baht stolen by a friend he had known for ten years, who then fled Thailand.
Pol. Lt. Phurivat Jira-akkarathat, Deputy Inspector (Investigation) of Yannawa Police Station, where the incident occurred, disclosed that Mr. Rajesh filed a complaint at Yannawa Police Station on July 17. He reported that a person he had known for ten years stole three gems from him: two blue gems and one yellow gem, worth 14.5 million baht or 400,000 US dollars, and fled.
Officials have investigated surrounding witnesses and examined CCTV footage as evidence. They submitted a request for the court to approve an arrest warrant for Mr. Aamir Jamilmalik, age 40, a Canadian and Pakistani national, on July 23, on charges of embezzlement. Currently, officials are gathering related documentary evidence to be translated for submitting a request for an Interpol notice.
Mr. Rajesh provided information that Mr. Aamir told him he had a customer interested in buying gems and needed to take the gems for the customer to see. Previously, he had entrusted gems to Mr. Aamir to show customers, trusting him due to their long acquaintance. In cases where customers were not interested or did not choose to buy, Mr. Aamir would return the gems.
However, on the latest occasion on July 17, after he handed over the gems at a luxury hotel on Charoen Krung Road, he was unable to contact Mr. Aamir again.
Upon checking CCTV footage, investigators found that after receiving the gems, Mr. Aamir immediately took a Grab taxi to Suvarnabhumi Airport. When checking the travel records in and out of Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport, it was found that Mr. Aamir left the kingdom at 11:39 a.m. on July 17 on Swiss Air flight LX 181 bound for Switzerland.
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