Bangkok man arrested, 1,495kgs of ice seized

By The Nation

 

 

Police and officials from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board have arrested a Bangkok man and seized 1,495kg of crystal meth and 91kg of ketamine at a warehouse in Pathum Thani.
 

ONCB secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk and Maj Gen Phanudej Boonruang, deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Bureau no.5, announced the arrest of Suwit Promon, 26, of Bangkok’s Ratburana district.

 

 

Niyom said the arrest was made after the ONCB received tip-offs that a gang had smuggled the drug from neighbouring countries to store at a rented warehouse in Pathum Thani for smuggling to other countries.

 

Pol Maj Suriya Singhakamol, deputy ONCB chief, said after a stakeout at a warehouse in Pathum Thani’s Muang district, a car was spotted driving into the compound at 2am on Tuesday.

 

The driver, identified only as Moo, managed to escape.

 

Around 100kg of crystal meth and 91kg of ketamine in the car.

 

 

A search of the warehouse found 1,397 kgs of crystal meth hidden in a secret chamber of a six-wheel truck. A similar secret chamber was found in the back of another truck in the same warehouse so they believe the drugs had been unloaded.

 

Niyom added that ONCB said the suspect had been renting the warehouse for a month to store the drugs pending efforts to smuggle to Malaysia, Australia, Japan and South Korea.

 

Phanudej said Suwit belonged to the gang that was using an ambulance to smuggle the drugs from the north in September last year.

 

Police also arrested seven suspects after they raided another warehouse and found similar drugs in Chiang Mai’s Saraphi district last year.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30370596

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-05

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I guess the personal use defence is out

24 minutes ago, madmen said:

I guess the personal use defence is out

No sleep until 2030 on that lot. Wowee 

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

seized 1,495kg of crystal meth and 91kg of ketamine

Police were reported to say that this is the biggest haul this year and that the 1,045 kg's of meth and 70 kg's of ketamine would be destroyed.

 

Later the 750 kg's of meth and the 42 kg's of ketamine were made ready for destruction. 

 

Reporters were allowed to take photographs of the 498 kg's of meth and 12 kg's of ketamine as it burned.

 

This will make sure that it doesn't get put back on the streets, one officer was heard to say. ????

 

Please note : humour) ????

wow, just noticed this one after commenting on the other thread, but the comment still stands - the dope machine won't miss a beat..

How did dude manage to escape? On purpose perhaps?

Yeah.  No methamphetamine problem here.  

Try decriminalizing the drug, treat addicts, but focus all enforcement on eradicating the source.  

That doesn't work does it?  Money makes the world go round.
Well, keep busting people chewing Kratom.  That will solve the problem.

On 6/5/2019 at 3:16 PM, webfact said:

Niyom said the arrest was made after the ONCB received tip-offs that a gang had smuggled the drug from neighbouring countries 

Always a tip off 

Police never investigating them self's but nice to hear someone have balls to go against the gang and tip off the police 

Always a tip off 
Police never investigating them self's but nice to hear someone have balls to go against the gang and tip off the police 

Until the next shipment comes in from Myanmar
It happens here on a weekly basis here in the Golden Triangle


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