Cocaine coming into Thailand, heroin going out - latest busts include arrest of Nigerian

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

INN reported on the latest seizures and arrests in the ongoing fight against drugs being sent through the postal service. 

 

They were briefed by the head of the Narcotics Control Board Wanchai Chaimongkhol who was speaking on behalf of the activities of the AITF - the Airport Interdiction Task Force. 

 

In the first of two cases 479 grams of heroin was found hidden in a single picture frame that was being handled by a private delivery firm in the Bang Plee area of Samut Prakan. 

 

The package started its journey in Surat Thani in the south and was destined for Australia. 

 

The name of the sender in Surat and the destination in Australia is under investigation by the relevant authorities. 

 

In the second case the AITF intercepted 390 grams of cocaine in packages of mascara that had been sent from Costa Rica and were bound for Pathum Thani, north of the Thai capital Bangkok. 

 

This case resulted in the 2 pm arrest of a Thai woman called Nutchanat, 27, in Klong 3 who was receiving the drugs.

 

At 7pm a Nigerian man called Mr Ejimadu, aged 41, was arrested at a mall in the Bang Na area of Bangkok. 

 

A search at a condominium in the Sri Nakharin Road area yielded another 79 grams of cocaine in a bedroom and kitchen. 

 

Wanchai said that "ice" (crystal meth) and heroin was going out of Thailand to third countries while cocaine was coming in.

 

He said that most cocaine users were foreigners and foreign tourists and those behind the trade were West Africans almost exclusively Nigerians. 

 

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3 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said that most cocaine users were foreigners and foreign tourists and those behind the trade were West Africans almost exclusively Nigerians. 

Of course... 

[ThailandRyan]

The Nigerian connection for the former Australian convict now in a position of power.  Keeping the supply line open.

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Wanchai said that "ice" (crystal meth) and heroin was going out of Thailand to third countries while cocaine was coming in

 

I wouldn't be making too much of that considering the guy who's just been elevated within the ranks of the ruling party is a convicted heroin trafficker ..

[Surelynot]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Wanchai said that "ice" (crystal meth) and heroin was going out of Thailand to third countries while cocaine was coming in.

Surely.........if the authorities could persuade people to use ice and heroin, instead of cocaine all this smuggling could stop.

Edited June 23, 2021 by Surelynot

[ThailandRyan]

And to think our pretty boy deputy minister, the secretary General for the PP us the deputy minister for agragriculture, so where be them Afghani style poppy fields.....

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that most cocaine users were foreigners and foreign tourists and those behind the trade were West Africans almost exclusively Nigerians. 

Best keep an eye on Phuket then, with many thousands coming in next month.

[Mr Meeseeks]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that most cocaine users were foreigners

Really? ????

[mikebell]

Thailand should form a committee to discuss this, chaired by the self-raising minister in the cabinet.

[Nsp64]

Couldn't resist mentioning foreigners being the users could she....

Well, your well protected hiso boy , boss, may beg to differ. Seem to remember he was on the Columbian marching powder when he killed that cop.

[connda]

Now here's a great plotline for a Netflix 2024 release of Narcos: Thailand

[connda]

A pound of heroin and a half a pound of coke.  Not quite the haul of the century. 
Recent coke busts:
Philly: 16 tons
Florida: 8 tons
Belgium: 28 tons
Columbia: 12 tons
Thailand: 0.25 kilo  <slide whistle, cymbal crash>

Bad boys bad boys.  Whatcha gonna do when they come for you.

[starky]

Pesky foreigners. 

[jacko45k]

7 hours ago, connda said:

A pound of heroin and a half a pound of coke.  Not quite the haul of the century. 
Recent coke busts:
Philly: 16 tons
Florida: 8 tons
Belgium: 28 tons
Columbia: 12 tons
Thailand: 0.25 kilo  <slide whistle, cymbal crash>

Bad boys bad boys.  Whatcha gonna do when they come for you.

They have occasional successes of greater magnitude.....2018 Police said 700 kilograms (1,543 lbs) of the drug, known as ice, was seized on March 28 in southern Chumpon Province