Daily News Thai Caption: Yaba for 2 baht a pill

 

Daily News reported on the arrest of a married couple in Lamphun in northern Thailand by Division 2 of the Region 5 police. 

 

Suphakrit or Khom, 38 and his wife Sirilak or Orm, 42, were arrested in a sting at a longan orchard in Meuang Nga district, Lamphun on Saturday.

 

7,600 yaba pills were in their Chevrolet vehicle.

 

The suspects said that they had no jobs and needed money during the pandemic.

 

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They said they bought the drugs on a Line app by the name of "Tiger J.". The drugs were left by the side of the road for collection.

 

They bought 8,000 pills for just 2 baht each then sold them for between 30 and 100 baht each.

 

They had been doing this for a long time and had made a handy profit.

 

Police are expanding the inquiry to get to the suppliers. 

 

The suspects in this case were charged with attempted dealing and possession of the yaba, a kind of methamphetamine mixed with caffeine that is highly popular in Thailand. 

 

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Jeez...2 bht each! No wonder Thailand has such a massive drug problem.

Our house was burgled about 10 years ago by a local druggie. We were told then the cost of a yaabaa pill was 300 bht.

Hub of low grade meth

6 hours ago, webfact said:

They bought 8,000 pills for just 2 baht each then sold them for between 30 and 100 baht each.

 

They had been doing this for a long time and had made a handy profit.

Pedaling misery...  enjoy your separate lives in jail.

6 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Jeez...2 bht each! No wonder Thailand has such a massive drug problem.

Our house was burgled about 10 years ago by a local druggie. We were told then the cost of a yaabaa pill was 300 bht.

Over supply has crashed the market.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Police are expanding the inquiry to get to the suppliers. 

 

Not a chance, they'll get a 'call' well before an arrest.

Where can I buy a mask like they are wearing?

6 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

thats the tourist farang price--30 for local thais---free for chinese if buy a mama cup

I'd read the 300 baht price tag before and wondered how users afforded it.

 

Get up off your doots and fully legalize Ganja.

Let Yaba go back to being what it used to be - Yah-mah - a stimulant for racehorses.

On 5/24/2022 at 10:43 AM, DaddyWarbucks said:

Get up off your doots and fully legalize Ganja.

Let Yaba go back to being what it used to be - Yah-mah - a stimulant for racehorses.

Hear! Hear!

   That's exactly what it was.

   Ya-ma, horse medicine.

   Anyone who was here in the '70s will remember that.

   The War on Drugs turbocharged official corruption and introduced a smorgasbord of expensive dope to the club scene while making yaba easily available for the proles.

   The social consequences have been devastating. Better it was when ganja was almost as easy to buy as beer. The buzz doesn't seem to make them as violent or as manic as yaba does.

   Decriminilize ganja and strike a blow against organized crime.

On 5/23/2022 at 12:22 PM, hotchilli said:

Over supply has crashed the market.

That's exactly what it is.