Phuket police roll up ice ring

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Phuket police roll up ice ring
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Alleged dealer Siriporn ‘Maew’ Insuk and her supposed assistant Tassanee Lomloy are questioned after their arrest.

PHUKET: -- Using the time-honoured ploy of pretending to be drug addicts buying a fix, plain-clothes police rolled up a small drug ring in Patong on Monday evening (November 4), arresting four people and seizing 5.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice)

Police initially received information that Thanorm Inthanam, 43, living on Thaweewong Rd in Patong was selling drugs. Acting on instructions from Pol Lt Col Jeeraphat Phochanaphan, deputy superintendent of Kathu police, plain-clothes police made an appointment to go to his home to buy B1,000 in drugs from him.

When Thanorm opened the door officers barged in and demanded to search him and his place. Thanorm gave permission and police found 0.4 grams of ice in his pocket.

Under questioning he said he had bought the drugs from a woman he called Maew. He gave them her rough whereabouts.

When officers arrived in the area they saw a man acting suspiciously, so they stopped and searched him, and found he was holding 0.3 grams of ice in his hand. He was arrested. Police now had the address of “Maew” and contacted her pretending they wanted to buy B2,000 worth of ice.

A young woman was sent to deliver the drugs to the “buyers” and to collect the money. The woman, Tassanee Lomloy, 24, from Ubon Ratchathani, was arrested for possession after 0.3 grams were found on her person.

She was persuaded to take officers to the home of “Maew”. There they were met by Siriporn Insuk, 29, from Chaiyaphum, also known as Maew. In her wallet they found four one-gram packets of ya ice and another containing half a gram.

They also found eight small plastic bags, a set of digital scales and six notebooks detailing drug sales. Siriporn and Tassanee were arrested on charges of possession of a Category 1 drug with intent to sell.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-police-roll-up-ice-ring-42724.php


-- Phuket News 2013-11-06

[Bucko]

I was sucked in--thought it was about one of those portable " Ice Skating Rinks " " --maybe being run illegally--I'd better get some sleep

[Thaddeus]

What a massive haul...... did they need a wheelbarrow to shift it.

[harrry]

Seems as though the crims were skating on thin ice.

[soi41]

Disappointed again!!

Thought the police had finally caught Yinglucks icecream gang!!

[Zumteufel]

0.3, 0.3 and 0.4 grams. Wow. Just wow.

[marell]

Apparently the constabulary has done such an outstanding and thorough job of eliminating the menace of drugs that there's barely any left. Splendid news. Another couple of weeks and the entire problem should be completely solved rolled up. Kudos all around.

[Ulic]

No pointing fingers so they might be innocent.

[tingtongteesood]

Wow a whole 5g ! That must be the biggest bust in about 5 seconds.....

[I Like Thai]

Disappointed again!!

Thought the police had finally caught Yinglucks icecream gang!!

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You're worse than a broken record

[cbluck58]

More non-farang bikers in a drug bust - cannot be true....

[hansgruber]

Once they rolled up the ring, did they smoke it?

[eezergood]

Once they rolled up the ring, did they smoke it?

reported 5g sold 10g - as compensation for dangerous police work

[adweb00]

All that effort for 5 grams? There just street level nothing's and we all know why the higher ups are never in these photos being pointed at huh? What a joke!!

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