48 arrests made in latest southern nominee blitz. A major crackdown on illegal foreign nominee businesses in three southern provinces has resulted in the seizure of assets worth more than 1 billion baht and the arrest of 48 Thai and foreign suspects. More than 500 officers and officials from various agencies were deployed in coordinated raids across Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi on Saturday in an operation targeting foreign-owned businesses using Thai nominees to illegally hold land. Bangkok Postb