New Police Chief Brings Issan Drug-Fighting Experience To Pattaya

New police chief brings Issan drug-fighting experience to Pattaya

PATTAYA:--A police superintendent who most recently fought drug traffickers on the Laos border has taken over as Pattaya’s new chief.

Col. Dhamnoon Munkong, who headed the Ponsawan Police Station in Nakhon Phanom, which shares a border with Khammouan, Laos, addressed Pattaya police officers and staff upon taking office April 5. Little known outside Issan, Dhamnoon built a reputation for fighting drugs, particularly marijuana traffickers.

Dhamnoon, 52, graduated from the Armed Forces Academy’s Preparatory School and holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Ramkhamhaeng University and masters’ degrees in criminal justice from Mahidol University and political science from Kasetsart University. Upon graduating the police academy, he took his first posting in Pichit in 1984.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-04-28