Bangkok drug bust: 5 foreign drug dealers arrested, 5 others still at large

[snoop1130]

 

Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) officers arrested five foreign drug dealers for trading illicit narcotics in the Sukhumvit and Nana neighbourhoods of Bangkok and detained nine others for violating the Immigration Act.

 

NSB Chief Kirisak Tantinawachai reported to PPTV HD that officers launched an investigation called Operation Mouse Hunt 1 in October last year and managed to arrest seven foreign drug suspects and seize valuables worth 2.5 million baht.

 

Officers conducted a further investigation and discovered more foreign drug dealers. The group was found openly advertising and offering crystal meth and cocaine to foreigners in the Sukhumvit and Nana areas. A foreign police spy posed as a customer and bought drugs from the group until police successfully identified 10 dealers.

 

Operation Mouse Hunt 2 was launched last week. Officers raided several residences in the Phra Kanong district of Bangkok and managed to arrest five out of the 10 dealers including four Nigerian nationals and one Ivorian national.

 

Officers revealed that these drug dealers, aged between 30 and 35 years old, entered Thailand in 2022 on tourist visas. They then managed to change their visas to student visas. Their financial transactions led to their Thai girlfriends, so police summoned the Thai nationals involved for questioning.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via SiamRath

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-29

 

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[AndyAndyAndy]

lol, solid life choices 

[bokningar]

And where are all the people screaming racial profiling?

Can't be right to go after the people that are committing the crimes, can it?

[ezzra]

Very poor results for a country that awash with drugs and drug dealers, in reality it should be at least ten times

of those numbers...

[flyingtlger]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

officers launched an investigation called Operation Mouse Hunt

[jippytum]

People from African countries have been operating in gangs openly selling drugs  around the Nana area for years

 

[bamnutsak]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A foreign police spy posed as a customer and bought drugs

 

Interesting nugget.

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, bamnutsak said:

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A foreign police spy posed as a customer and bought drugs

 

Interesting nugget.

Yes, I wonder what Nationality the "Spy" was