DSI and Immigration Division 2 Arrested Surrogacy Agent While Attempting to Travel to Hong Kong at Suvarnabhumi Airport

DSI and Immigration Division 2 Arrested Surrogacy Agent While Attempting to Travel to Hong Kong at Suvarnabhumi Airport

On August 13, 2025, at approximately 10:00 AM, the Surveillance and Intelligence Center of the Department of Special Investigation joined forces with police officers from the Investigation and Suppression Sub-Division, Immigration Division 2, Immigration Bureau, Suvarnabhumi Airport, to arrest Miss Urairisa (surname withheld), an agent who illegally arranged commercial surrogacy for foreigners, under the Criminal Court’s arrest warrant no. 3986/2568, dated July 9, 2025, in Special Case no. 87/2567. The suspect is charged with jointly operating the surrogacy for commercial purposes, jointly acting as a middleperson or an agent in arranging for surrogacy, forming a group of three or more persons and conspiring among two or more persons to commit serious offense regarding transnational organized crime, and participating directly or indirectly in the operations of the transnational organized crime.

The authorities apprehended the suspect at the departure lounge on the fourth floor, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Nong Prue Sub-District, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province, while the suspect was attempting to travel to Hong Kong. The authorities then informed the suspect of charges and legal rights under the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as the requirement to continuously record video and audio during the process of arrest and detention until the suspect is transferred to the special case inquiry officials, following the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, B.E. 2565 (2022). Upon the acknowledgement, the suspect was then transferred to the special case inquiry officials of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime responsible for further legal proceedings.

The operation to track down and arrest the suspect under the arrest warrant in the special case was in accordance with the directive of Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, and Police Major Jatupol Bongkochmas, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Special investigation, who assigns the Surveillance and Intelligence Center, which is under their direct command, to form the operation team to track down and arrest the suspects under the warrants and to ensure the fugitives will be brought to justice.