BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand has expressed gratitude to Myanmar authorities for returning Thawatchai Aomchompoo, one of Thailand’s most wanted drug suspects.

 

At the 23rd meeting of the Thailand-Myanmar Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation in Drug Prevention and Suppression in Bangkok, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin represented the government in thanking the Myanmar government for its assistance in apprehending the drug suspect.

 

Thawatchai was apprehended as part of the "Most Wanted" operation, which was co-organized by Thailand and Myanmar to track down and apprehend individuals suspected of being part of an international drug trafficking ring.

 

In his remarks, Minister Somsak emphasized the importance of multilateral cooperation in combating drug trafficking and bringing those responsible to justice.

 

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According to the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), the individual was found hiding in the town of Tachileik, across the border from Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai, where he ran a drug-smuggling operation.

 

NSB chief Pol Lt Gen Sarayut Sanguanphokhai said Thawatchai was wanted by police for his alleged role in at least two major trafficking cases. He faces a number of charges, including conspiracy to traffic narcotics and money laundering.

 

Both countries agreed at the meeting to step up investigations into the smuggling of narcotics and their precursors in the region as part of Operation Golden Triangle 1511, endorsed at the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Sessions.

 

Additionally, the two sides agreed to beef up border patrols in order to deter those smuggling drugs and precursors.

 

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Perhaps they thanked Myanmar for jailing the previous elected prime minister for 5 years at the same time they thanked the Myanmar drop in generals for the extradition of a suspected criminal .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonder if he will get to divulge who his accomplices are in Thailand just in case he commits suicide or meets with a nasty accident !!

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thawatchai was apprehended as part of the "Most Wanted" operation, which was co-organized by Thailand and Myanmar to track down and apprehend individuals suspected of being part of an international drug trafficking ring.

Can't have private entrepreneurs spoiling the party.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In his remarks, Minister Somsak emphasized the importance of multilateral cooperation in combating drug trafficking and bringing those responsible to justice.

Equal Thai justice should make him a cabinet minister.

And nobody wearing masks!

Birds of a feather does make for creative news.