Six arrested as 10 million meth pills, 398 kg of ‘ice’ seized in Bangkok

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Six arrested as 10 million meth pills, 398 kg of ‘ice’ seized in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok police have arrested six suspects and seized a large drug haul of 10 million made-in-Myanmar methamphetamine pills and 398 kilograms of crystal meth or “ice”. A haul that size led the national police chief, Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda, to hold a press conference on Friday at the Royal Thai Police headquarters to announce the seizure.

 

The huge pile of drugs was put on display at the 10.30am press conference.

 

Chakthip said police made the arrest after investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Division 8 monitored the group on suspicion that they have been distributing drugs in Bangkok’s Jom Thong district.

 

The suspects were arrested on Soi Indhamara 36 in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district, where police also seized two guns and four vehicles.

 

Chakthip said police officers monitoring the group observed the suspects driving a convoy of four vehicles to Ayutthaya on Thursday and later driving back to Bangkok. When a Chevrolet sedan and a Toyota Fortuner were driven into the soi, police stopped them and found the drugs. Another team of police arrested additional suspects in the two other vehicles.

 

Chakthip said police found that the drug was smuggled from a Wa minority group in Myanmar through a northern province. The group has a history of smuggling drugs to Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani before then moving the shipments to Bangkok for distribution.

 

Chakthip said the group was planning to smuggle the drug to an agent in the South.

 

The six suspects were just couriers, the national chief said, but police have already learned the identity of the boss. The boss is Thai, he said, but withheld further details over fear that the case would be affected.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30345150

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-11

[ebean001]

maybe road deaths will go down for a while. hard to imagine 10,000,000 pills were needed in Thailand. I never see any of this. I guess that is good for me...:)

[Rhys]

...the boss is a Thai student who studied abroad...

[lanista]

1 hour ago, ebean001 said:

maybe road deaths will go down for a while. hard to imagine 10,000,000 pills were needed in Thailand. I never see any of this. I guess that is good for me...:)

Bus /truck drivers and prostitutes  consume alot of it and there's millions of them !.  In 2001 the Pattaya market for ya-ba was estimated at 250,000 pills a month X 12 = 3 million pills per annum. That was almost 20 years ago. Imagine how many are sold in 2018 nationwide not incl exports to Malaysia and maybe Australia where its too risky nowdays.The aussie motorcycle gangs had meth labs scattered around Victoria state but now theyre all here in LOS.

Edited May 12, 2018 by lanista

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[Henrik Andersen]

Good work but you really need ask how can they drive by check point without being caught 

[Jeremia Juxtaposed]

9 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Good work but you really need ask how can they drive by check point without being caught 

They were being monitored..... Hopefully additional intelligence was gathered in the process..

 

Whoa there !!! - Just woke up and realised where I am....