In a police operation on September 15, 2024, the police in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, cracked a car theft case using signal jammers. cell phone jammer Two Chinese men are suspected of destroying the vehicle lock function in the rest area of ​​the highway by high-tech means, and took the opportunity to steal items in the car. Such cases have occurred many times recently, causing great trouble and property losses to drivers along the way.

　　The Thai police received several reports of vehicle thefts earlier, all of which occurred in the rest area of ​​Bang Pakong Expressway in Chachoengsao Province, and valuable items such as credit cards in the car were repeatedly stolen.GPS jammer The police launched a joint operation with the central investigation department and finally locked in two Chinese men as suspects.signal jammer

　　Arrest process

　　On September 15, the police set up a dragnet at the highway service area in Bang Pakong County, Chachoengsao Province, and arrested 38-year-old Zhang and 31-year-old Zheng.  The two suspects were caught on the spot by the police when they repeatedly observed parked vehicles in the parking area and were about to steal two of them. The police seized the tools used in their vehicles, including a remote control signal jammer, multiple mobile phones and other related items.

　　Police investigations showed that the suspects usually lurk in the parking lot, waiting for the owner to park the car and prepare to leave, and then use the signal jammer to block the remote control lock signal of the vehicle, so that the vehicle remains unlocked. Subsequently, the suspects distracted the owner's attention by various means, and quickly entered the vehicle when the owner left to steal the valuables in the car.

　　Behind-the-scenes gangs and transnational crimes

　　The investigation of this case revealed a more complex transnational criminal network. Through further investigation, the police found that the criminal gang not only profited by stealing items from the vehicle, but also involved stealing the victim's credit card information. The card reader device they used can read and copy credit card information, and then transfer the funds to foreign accounts.