Chopper Used In Pathum Thani Drug Bust

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Chopper used in Pathum Thani drug bust

By The Nation

A helicopter hovered over a forest zone in Pathum Thani for more than 40 minutes yesterday morning in support of an operation to arrest four suspected methamphetamine manufacturers, including a municipal councillor.

The suspects were Banjerd Yodmali, Kamon Chamcheun, Somsak Puangmalee, and Jakkrit Sudkid. Banjerd is a councillor of Ta Khlong Municipality in Pathum Thani's Klong Luang district. His younger brother, Pradit Yodmali, was arrested on drug-related charges two years ago.

Narcotics Suppression Bureau commissioner Lt-General Atithep Panjamanon said police had monitored the gang for seven or eight months before making the arrests.

"Three days ago, we received reliable information the gang had taken methamphetamine pills out of the house. So we planned the raid and arrest," he said.

The four suspects had rented the house by a forest. When police knocked on their door at 6am yesterday, they fled into the forest zone, prompting police to fan out and deploy the helicopter. After more than 40 minutes, the suspects surrendered.

Police say they found precursor chemicals for methamphetamine, lots of plastic bags, a pill-making machine, and some methamphetamine pills inside the rented house.

"The machine can churn out more than 300,000 pills an hour. It is manually operated and does not make a loud noise," Atithep said.

He said the suspects would be detained for further questioning. Banjerd's financial transactions would be probed and his list of assets checked.

Meanwhile, Narcotics Control Office Region 6 director Janya Sramatcha said the drugs scourge was serious in the lower Northern region where his office oversees nine provinces.

"The problem is spreading among youth and former convicted drug-related offenders," he said.

-- The Nation 2011-07-07

[dean999]

Like i have said in another post. Why do people try to smuggle ice and yabba into thailand when it can be made here from off the shelf produces. Now they have reported that they have caught some people making the stuff in Thailand. Makes you think that the people being caught at the airports are just a smoke screen.

Nice to see the police actually moving up the drugs ladder, instead of just catching the smugglers and dealers. Lets hope they start moving higher up. But i don't think that will happen untill more tea money is not paid. They watched them for 7 - 8 months and they waited till the drugs had been moved. Bit strange that.

If they had a machine that can pump out 300,000 pills an hour, in that 7 - 8 months they were watching them........ well, makes you wounder how much of that filth had made it to the streets and how much money has already been made. Someone has probably got to gready and when he / she wasn't paid it was shut down. Thats what it looks like to me.

[housepainter]

I'm just glad they aren't free to go around emailing anyone anyone more.

You know the kind of thing; someone e-mails you; you reply; they email again; you reply; they threaten you not to email again; you reply.

Criminal and bananas.

I wouldn't give the dog a bone.