Three Arrested For Trying To Move 65.8 Kgs Of Heroin From Thailand To Malaysia

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Three arrested for trying to move 65.8 kgs of heroin to Malaysia
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Yesterday, police announced the arrest of three suspects (two Thais, one Malaysian) who allegedly planned to smuggle 65.8 kilograms of heroin into Malaysia.

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung told reporters at the Royal Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok that Sakorn and Yanwattana Piasang, a husband and wife from Nan province, had been busted at 1am on Mar. 9 at a police checkpoint on Phetkasem Road in southern Chumphon province.

Police found the drugs in the trunk of their six wheelers. The pair told police that they had picked up the drugs from Chiang Mai’s Mae-eye district in February and were about to deliver them to a Malaysian man in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district.

Full story: http://www.coconutsbangkok.com/news/three-arrested-for-trying-to-move-65-8-kgs-of-heroin-to-malaysia/

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-03-13

[chuang]

wow thats a huge haul.....

[DaamNaam]

Oh well, do the crime do the time. Or swing as it would be in Malaysia.

[Buchholz]

wow thats a huge haul.....

It's larger than the tablespoon depicted in the OP photo.

Here's the Chalerm pointing pic of the bust

Hard to explain off to the judge that the 145 pounds was, "It was just for personal use, your honor."

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Edited March 13, 2013 by Buchholz

[livingthedream]

He looks like he may be able to 'donate' his way out of this one... don't know about his mates though

[OzMick]

A pity he didn't grab that finger and break it. If you're going down, go down fighting.

[how241]

wow thats a huge haul.....

+1.

[cup-O-coffee]

Can't trust anything I read in these kinds of stories. Who knows anything, and what is usually made evident is usually the tip of the ice berg. Nothing new here. Thailand is the Hub of drug trafficking. Someone important didn't get their cut and an example is being made. It's not about crime against people or against the State. It's about money and FACE. TIT. Probably another thousand kilos have been across the border by the time it took to print this article.

[bigbamboo]

Should be plenty of leads to find the kingpin behind this one.

I wonder how far KC and his men will get?

[harrycallahan]

That's a lot of Tumeric Heroin.

[harber8]

Chalerm probably set the whole thing up to look good. Then set the three suspects free.

Where do these people get his amount of drugs from anyway?

[Barabbas]

Small bird dies, big bird flies.

[simple1]

wow thats a huge haul.....

Do you mean by Thai standards? Last year 1,230 lbs of heroin bust happened in Australia. Globally illegal heroin industry is estimated to generate around US$55 - 60 billion a year. 90% of illegally produced heroin sourced from Afghanistan. A few stats approx 37,400 pounds consumed in SEA p.a. & approx 193,600 pounds in Europe, excluding Federation of Russia. OP is better than nothing, but the above puts the bust in perspective.

Edited March 13, 2013 by simple1

[im fine and you]

mules mules and more mules

still looks good on tv dont it.

[mok199]

serious weight...life .............

[belg]

i wonder how much they bought it and how much is the street value, normally they like to brag about those kind of things, the street value that is

[alfalfa19]

This is a huge bust , bigger than the most well known big time heroin bust, the French Connection bust , which was 112 pounds, in 1962,

[bhakta]

Its definitely a big bust. Rare to see this much heroin in Thailand these days. 30 years ago it was not as uncommon.

[simple1]

This is a huge bust , bigger than the most well known big time heroin bust, the French Connection bust , which was 112 pounds, in 1962,

Compared to two tons (4000 pounds) of heroin sized in Iran, whilst allegedly in transit from Afghanistan to Europe in January this year?

http://presstv.com/detail/2013/01/01/281241/iran-police-heroin-drugs-seizure-afghanistan-europe/

Edited March 13, 2013 by simple1

[coma]

I hope they feel the full brunt of Thai law. These sort of people are the lowest of lows.

[coma]

wow thats a huge haul.....

That's probabley only half of it. As for the other half. Well ..........

[Para]

That's a lot of smack and taking it into MY means a death penalty......

[MegaRanter]

Thank God there is no connection to soi 3 lower sukumvit or Nigerians.

They should have been busted across the border, though it always results in a shoot out with all the suspects dead.

[Locationthailand]

Keep the death penalty - it is a great deterrent. Summary execution would not be a bad idea. Save the trial and lawyers getting fat off the obvious result. Actually include the lawyers in the sentencing.

[bobbysan124]

Getting every little bit of that "junk" off the street counts. And this was a nice haul. Sure beats the hell out of a "few dime bags."

[rubl]

Most likely pure coincidence this note from 2013-03-13:

"During the Skype meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung's face dropped when Thaksin criticised his anti-drug measures saying they were not good enough. "During my time, I had the police run a tight ring; there was checking and rehabilitation so they do not use or sell drugs again,'' he said."

[jbrain]

Most likely pure coincidence this note from 2013-03-13:

"During the Skype meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung's face dropped when Thaksin criticised his anti-drug measures saying they were not good enough. "During my time, I had the police run a tight ring; there was checking and rehabilitation so they do not use or sell drugs again,'' he said."

I guess about 3000 went to Thaksin's rehabilitation centers, not?

[I Like Thai]

Probably came from Afghanistan.

Here is a video of the heroin plant, the Poppy growing in Afghanistan

[OzMick]

Most likely pure coincidence this note from 2013-03-13:

"During the Skype meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung's face dropped when Thaksin criticised his anti-drug measures saying they were not good enough. "During my time, I had the police run a tight ring; there was checking and rehabilitation so they do not use or sell drugs again,'' he said."

In normal usage, the highlighted "they" would refer to "police". I'm sure that's not what Thaksin meant, as it would severely reduce police income.

[noitom]

Instead of parading this criminal infront of cameras and the press, Chalerm and "his men" should be interrogating him and tracking/stinging his Mr. Big Thai suppliers in Chiang Mai's Mai Eye district. Does Chalerm have the will to go after drug bosses in Thailand? Does the newspaper have the will and the know how to press this issue relentlessly?