Phuket police arrest armed 7-Eleven drug dealer

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Phuket police arrest armed 7-Eleven drug dealer
Phuket Gazette


Sitthi Suebprasit, 32, confessed to selling crystal meth to teenagers in the Cherng Talay area. Photo: Thawit Bilabdullar

PHUKET: -- Police last night arrested an armed man who confessed to selling ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) to teenagers in front of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Cherng Talay.

Lt Col Sommai On-khum and fellow officers moved in and arrested 32-year-old Cherng Talay resident Sitthi Suebprasit in front of the 7-Eleven in Baan Pasak, on the Cherng Talay-Baan Don Road, at 10:30pm.

“We found four grams of ya ice in plastic bags and a homemade handgun loaded with one cartridge under his bike seat,” Col Sommai explained.

“Mr Sitthi confessed that he supplied ya ice to teenagers in the Cherng Talay area. He said he bought the drugs from a friend, Nopporn Songkram,” he added.

Mr Sitthi was charged with possession of a category 1 narcotic and carrying a gun in a public area.

“We are now searching for Mr Nopporn,” Lt Col Sommai said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-police-arrest-armed-7-Eleven-drug-dealer-21761.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-07-26

[pedro01]

You'd have to be a brave man indeed to fire that gun...

[Wavefloater]

It's interesting that the dealer in this case admitted to selling to teenagers, which to me is more offensive than selling to adults. We often see more details (like this) in news stories in Thailand than in Western news stories. I have to wonder if the police embellish (or speculate on) these stories (to possibly make prosecution easier and sentencing harsher) or if the arrested actually blurt out this type of detail.

Edited July 26, 2013 by Wavefloater

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You'd have to be a brave man indeed to fire that gun...

Yes, a big strong hand and arm or he will go into orbit eh.

[lee b]

Oh sorry i thought the 7/11 was selling it !!

[GirlDrinkDrunk]

You'd have to be a brave man indeed to fire that gun...

or a very stupid one

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You'd have to be a brave man indeed to fire that gun...

or a very stupid one

Big hand and arm it is OK.

We put a solid lead ball in a shot gun cartridge, fired it at a car door, it went through it and through the passenger door.

For fun of course.

This type of weapon is very indiscriminate to anyone in the vicinity if just a buck shot load.

[Payboy]

I hope it was not between 2.00 - 5.00pm.

[eezergood]

I hope it was not between 2.00 - 5.00pm.

comment of the week!

[NamKangMan]

I hope it was not between 2.00 - 5.00pm.

He was probably dealing on Buddha Day as well. :)