Hmong pair held with 1.2m pills

[Lite Beer]

Hmong pair held with 1.2m pills
The Sunday Nation

CHIANG RAI: -- Two Hmong men were arrested along with 1.2 million 'yaba' pills and five kilograms of crystal meth or "ice" in Chiang Rai's Muang district, police said yesterday.

The suspects - Thawin Yangsawaswong, 28, and Tor Sae-Ma, 26 - were arrested in tambon Tha Sud on Friday while transporting the narcotics in a pick-up truck.

The duo reportedly confessed that they were hired for Bt1 million to delivery the drugs to Phitsanulok. Police were investigating this case and will hold a press conference tomorrow.

In related news, a Thai man was arrested along with 50,000 'yaba' pills in Nakhon Sawan's Mueang district early yesterday morning.

Following a tip-off, police found the 50,000 methamphetamine pills on a "suspicious" pick-up and arrested the driver, Nattapol Narin, 30. He reportedly confessed that he was hired for Bt10,000 to take the pills to Uttaradit's Mueang's district.

Meanwhile, police arrested two men with one tonne of marijuana in Ayutthaya's Wang Noi district yesterday.

After police found several sacks containing a tonne of marijuana among sacks of river rocks in the 18-wheel truck, police arrested truckdriver Lampai Patnapho, 54. Police also arrested other suspect, gardener Nirun Kotangka, 35, who was allegedly waiting in the area to collect and take the drugs to Bangkok.

Lampai reportedly confessed that Nirun hired him to deliver the rocks but he didn't know some sacks also contained marijuana, while Nirun reportedly confessed he was hired for Bt100,000 to deliver the marijuana to Bangkok.

-- The Nation 2014-04-27

[ChrisY1]

Good tip-offs to the BiB....the supply line is endless

[The stuttering parrot]

Yep endless.

And paying poor people 1 million baht to be a mule must just prove to tempting to pass up.

[PatOngo]

Good tip-offs to the BiB....the supply line is endless

It would appear the demand is also endless.

[issanaus]

Drug dealers don't need loyalty cards just addictions

Good business model

Bad moral model

[Thaiisnotrequired]

"In related news, a Thai man was arrested along with 50,000 'yaba' pills in Nakhon Sawan's Mueang district early yesterday morning.

Following a tip-off, police found the 50,000 methamphetamine pills on a "suspicious" pick-up"

What did the 50,000 yaba pills do wrong, apart from be there?

Pls tell me how a pick-up can be perceived as "suspicious" .........

[Gunna]

"In related news, a Thai man was arrested along with 50,000 'yaba' pills in Nakhon Sawan's Mueang district early yesterday morning.

Following a tip-off, police found the 50,000 methamphetamine pills on a "suspicious" pick-up"

What did the 50,000 yaba pills do wrong, apart from be there?

Pls tell me how a pick-up can be perceived as "suspicious" .........

Maybe it was "speeding" or driving around in circles - after having sampled some of the product

[stickylies]

Good tip-offs to the BiB....the supply line is endless

sure is. too many stakeholders involved (both in burma and thailand) and very good business thx to the endless demand line in se-asia and beyond.

[somchaismith]

The only reason there are more busts is that, yaba seems to have gone rampant, in Thailand, yet again.

[hyperdimension]

Most people caught are just delivery people who may not even know what is inside the packages that they are delivering. Would UPS or DHL or other delivery companies be held liable if it was found that some of the packages that they had been delivering contained illegal substances, and should they?

[hgma]

ASEAN has a huge opportunity when the AEC comes into effect in 12-15

Let the trucks with Ganja passing without a hussle or a bussle.

[T_Dog]

The police have been doing a good job up north and there have been several busts in our area. Unfortunately the drug is becoming endemic as even some of the local farmers have started using it.

[MaxYakov]

"In related news, a Thai man was arrested along with 50,000 'yaba' pills in Nakhon Sawan's Mueang district early yesterday morning.

Following a tip-off, police found the 50,000 methamphetamine pills on a "suspicious" pick-up"

What did the 50,000 yaba pills do wrong, apart from be there?

Pls tell me how a pick-up can be perceived as "suspicious" .........

A picture is worth at least a 'tell' ...

[Stone Inscription 1]

Friends of mine in the Sukhothai-Phitsanuloke area have told me that currently there is an epidemic of yaa ba and crystal meth among high school and college students.

[Stone Inscription 1]

The police have been doing a good job up north and there have been several busts in our area. Unfortunately the drug is becoming endemic as even some of the local farmers have started using it.

Apparently, farmers have been using it since the late sixties around Sukhothai.