Illegal drug bust: RTP arrest foreign duo and local ladies in Thailand cross-border narcotics scheme

[snoop1130]

 

Royal Thai Police officers yesterday arrested two foreign men and two Thai women for supplying illegal life-threatening drugs at home and abroad. The illegal products worth 6 million baht were confiscated.

 

The investigation into the illegal drugs in Thailand was conducted following a tip-off of a 33 year old Kazakhstani woman named Gaukhar Kussainova who illegally supplied dangerous weight loss drugs to people in Malaysia. The drug trafficker is also known as Maria Kim among her distributors.

 

Kussainova lured people in Malaysia to use her drugs after a strong advertising campaign promoting their effectiveness in weight loss on several social media platforms.

 

According to ThaiRath, the weight loss drugs included a harmful substance called Sibutramine. The chemical substance affects the central nervous system which stops users from feeling hungry.

 

Thai officers conducted a closer investigation into the drug and discovered it had flooded the China and Thailand markets. Soon after they arrested four suspects including…

 

• 26 year old Pakistani man named Shabir Ullah
• 58 year old Filipino man named Anthony Verde
• 32 year old Thai woman named Waranya Saengram
• 30 year old Thai woman named Pornpen Tapianthong.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Facebook/ ตำรวจสอบสวนกลาง

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/illegal-drug-bust-rtp-arrest-foreign-duo-and-local-ladies-in-thailand-cross-border-narcotics-scheme

 

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[mikebell]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The investigation into the illegal drugs in Thailand was conducted following a tip-off

RTP never do any investigating of their own; they rely only on tip-offs.  Do they ever wonder WHY?