Gang arrested after 150kg of ‘ice’ seized in Bangkok as smuggling soars

By The Nation

 

 

Police and drug suppression officers recently seized 150 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or “ice” smuggled from Chiang Rai to Bangkok and arrested nine gang suspects, a senior official said on Monday.

 

The latest arrest brings to 12,019kg the amount of ice seized in the country from the beginning of this year, said Sirinya Sitthichai, secretary-general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board. That’s four times higher than the amount seized during the same period last year.

 

ONCB officers joined with police to bust a major gang and arrest nine members after seizing the 150kg of ice behind the Morchit bus terminal, said Ririnya.

 

One of the nine arrested, Thanongsak Phanklun, 42, is the suspected No 2 man of the gang, he said. Thanongsak is alleged to have engineered the smuggling of crystal meth from a Myanmar drug boss to the South of Thailand with final destinations in third countries.

 

Following the bust, the authorities seized the gang’s five vehicles and Bt400,000 in cash.

 

The action came after the ONCB received tips that the gang would smuggle the drug aboard a bus from Chiang Rai. Officials observed the bus driving to a spot behind the Mo Chit Bus Terminal to transfer the drugs to a pickup truck. They then arrested four suspects at the scene.

 

Sirinya said five more suspects were later arrested in subsequent investigations.

 

He said the seized 150kgs of ice was packed in gold teabags and was 95 per cent pure.

 

Sirinya said that level of drug purity ice was rare in Thailand and indicated that the traffickers were using the kingdom as a transit point to ship the drugs to third countries.

 

He said the traffickers generally stored the drug temporarily in Bangkok or in other central provinces before then shipping them to the South in preparation for smuggling across the border. Sirinya said the traffickers employed various smuggling techniques, including using boats to smuggle drugs to Australia.

 

The ONCB’s operations are supported by the Navy and police as well as by Corrections Department officials. The latest arrest was made with tips from some inmates in the Khao Bin Central Prison in Chanthaburi.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349652

 

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Nice one boys

Doesn't anyone want to be ''experienced and do acid anymore,listen to Jimmy Hendrix and Lucy in the sky with diamonds?? Purple microdot,orange barrel,window pain???...its just  METH METH METH...

6 minutes ago, mok199 said:

Doesn't anyone want to be ''experienced and do acid anymore,listen to Jimmy Hendrix and Lucy in the sky with diamonds?? Purple microdot,orange barrel,window pain???...its just  METH METH METH...

Yeap and meth is the worst.  Meth addicts are crazy and dangerous.

3 hours ago, mok199 said:

Doesn't anyone want to be ''experienced and do acid anymore,listen to Jimmy Hendrix and Lucy in the sky with diamonds?? Purple microdot,orange barrel,window pain???...its just  METH METH METH...

Lucy in the sky was a John Lennon song. 

8 hours ago, berybert said:

Lucy in the sky was a John Lennon song. 

yes thanks....the beatles and Jimmy were mine and many of our members idols..many of us droped acid a few times , strobbed and saw colors and moved on with ou life ,a trip and an experience ..this meth addiction is out of control and destroying society..have a good day sir

 The latest arrest was made with tips from some inmates in the Khao Bin Central Prison in Chanthaburi ????

 

The crystal form of methamphetamine, sometimes called Crystal Meth or Ice, is extremely powerful and highly addictive.  LSD is not - it's like comparing a kitten to a tiger.

 

Ya Bah is methamphetamine cut with caffeine and therefore not as pure as Ya Bah ICE. Both forms, though, stimulate the brain to produce large quantities of dopamine, the happy chemical, but ICE, being purer (95%) is more deadly - facts that most youngsters are not aware of when offered a tablet at a nightclub.

 

 

 

   

This is what they intercepted ! All the others 100’s kg that never are!


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21 minutes ago, markaoffy said:

This is what they intercepted ! All the others 100’s kg that never are!


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You're right. What they intercepted has a street value of 150m baht. And it's the tip of an iceberg.  YTD haul runs into billions - eye-boggling figures. 

Now safely in police hands how reassuring. 

Jeez there are some losers on this forum

Long time in prison please 

 

Tell me again how prohibition  is working. 

Jails clogged with peaceful tokers. 

Or otherwise young clubbers and ravers. 

Pound for pound, tobacco does far more damage.  

People clearly demand drugs,  the market is just growing, it's worth trillions, or why would these guys risk It? 

The other point,  if the drugs are so evil,  where are all the 'junkies'? They should be littering the sidewalks with these amounts out there,  the tip of the iceberg,  and yet they aren't.

Fact is, less social destruction  than booze. And booze is freely available. But we're not all hammered all day long. We enjoy in moderation,  few get hooked.

Booze is more addictive than Heroin,  but they don't want you to know that. 

Liquor is a drug.  So is sugar. Obesity kills sugar junkies. 

Legalize,  tax,  and really protect the kids,  and regain control from criminals . Quit the BS already. 

Wasn't cannabis the devils spawn recently? Now it's being decriminalized gradually everywhere -funny that.   

On 7/10/2018 at 9:21 AM, stephenterry said:

 The latest arrest was made with tips from some inmates in the Khao Bin Central Prison in Chanthaburi ????

 

The crystal form of methamphetamine, sometimes called Crystal Meth or Ice, is extremely powerful and highly addictive.  LSD is not - it's like comparing a kitten to a tiger.

 

Ya Bah is methamphetamine cut with caffeine and therefore not as pure as Ya Bah ICE. Both forms, though, stimulate the brain to produce large quantities of dopamine, the happy chemical, but ICE, being purer (95%) is more deadly - facts that most youngsters are not aware of when offered a tablet at a nightclub.

 

 

 

   

 

On 7/9/2018 at 1:02 PM, mok199 said:

Doesn't anyone want to be ''experienced and do acid anymore,listen to Jimmy Hendrix and Lucy in the sky with diamonds?? Purple microdot,orange barrel,window pain???...its just  METH METH METH...

" S'cuse me while I kiss the sky " 

On 7/9/2018 at 7:02 PM, mok199 said:

Doesn't anyone want to be ''experienced and do acid anymore,listen to Jimmy Hendrix and Lucy in the sky with diamonds?? Purple microdot,orange barrel,window pain???...its just  METH METH METH...

Meth is easier for them to make and repeat customers are almost guaranteed so it's way more profitable