Thai Army private nabbed over huge haul of drugs

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Army private nabbed over huge haul of drugs
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- An Army private, who on Sunday allegedly tried to transport 1.6 million 'yaba' pills and 150 kilograms of crystal meth, was arrested yesterday in Phrae's Wang Chin district, police said.

The case emerged on Sunday when Private Wichai Rakkhirikhet broke away from a police checkpoint, prompting officers to give chase and shoot at a tyre of his van. Police later retrieved the large cache of drugs, a fake Army sticker and fake licence plates. Wichai managed to flee into a wooded area in Den Chai district, prompting police to surround the area and hunt him down.

Wichai was finally apprehended at another checkpoint along with his 19-year-old brother, who had picked him up on a motorcycle, Phrae police chief Pol Maj-General Panudech Boonreung said. He said this was the region's biggest haul of crystal meth, with the first one being 108kg in 2013 and 100kg early this year. Panudech said the yaba pills could be worth Bt256 million and the crystal meth Bt300 million, adding that they had been smuggled in via Chiang Rai province.

In related news, police yesterday arrested three men along with 493kg of marijuana, worth Bt10 million, and a BMW sedan and four cellphones in Songkhla's Rattaphum district. The suspects - identified as Anan Adam, 30, Chad Nakma, 35, and Wich Wattana, 40 - were nabbed outside a restaurant as they were getting ready to transport the marijuana to a drug ring in Satun.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Army-private-nabbed-over-huge-haul-of-drugs-30248005.html


-- The Nation 2014-11-18

[Patje]

Good catch !!!

[NongKhaiKid]

A private soldier !

Now just who else would have been involved in this or did he fund the whole operation himself from his army pay ?

[ATF]

Well the Army have been a little depressed lately especially in the South.

[Chang_paarp]

His superior in this venture will not be am amused.

(Hint; in an earlier report the van was reported to be one hired from an army base. )

[noitom]

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A private soldier !

Now just who else would have been involved in this or did he fund the whole operation himself from his army pay ?

That's always the Thai 64K question.

[ezzra]

A private soldier !

Now just who else would have been involved in this or did he fund the whole operation himself from his army pay ?

With the proceeds of those pills, soon, he will be a general....

[KED]

Great that they seized all the drugs and apprehended the drug runner - but where is the detective work about those higher up who he was to deliver the drugs to. Why can the Thai police not follow the drug trail to arrest ALL involved?

[Valentine]

Great that they seized all the drugs and apprehended the drug runner - but where is the detective work about those higher up who he was to deliver the drugs to. Why can the Thai police not follow the drug trail to arrest ALL involved?

Too close to home, too dangerous, or both perhaps?

[CantSpell]

Great that they seized all the drugs and apprehended the drug runner - but where is the detective work about those higher up who he was to deliver the drugs to. Why can the Thai police not follow the drug trail to arrest ALL involved?

Because nobody is supposed to ask question about this, that or anything else....

It's all for happiness

[Doc46]

A private soldier !

Now just who else would have been involved in this or did he fund the whole operation himself from his army pay ?

Now that's for him and his brother to know,and for the law to find out/or not.

[maidee]

new that is a major drug dealer, not those little users caught with 0.1 gram

death sentence anyone ?

[billd766]

new that is a major drug dealer, not those little users caught with 0.1 gram

death sentence anyone ?

No way. He was just the delivery boy.

[slygeeza]

this guy was just driving the car, from an army base most likely to a police station, we will never know, probably wont hear any more about this case, its just a publicity stunt to get people wound up and do things like suggest death sentences and pat the police on the back

people need to consider how the army generals get so wealthy, theres not too many possibilities

Edited November 18, 2014 by slygeeza

[tomacht8]

Panudech said the yaba pills could be worth Bt256 million and the crystal meth Bt300 million.

Who are the perpetrators and Financiers in the background?
Strangely, the evil masterminds in the background are never caught.
I hope they choke to dead on their drug money.

[kotsak]

Tip of the iceberg

[heybruce]

A private soldier !

Now just who else would have been involved in this or did he fund the whole operation himself from his army pay ?

If he was acting alone he will be charged with impersonating an officer.

[Colabamumbai]

Another employee of Mr. Prayuth Chan Ocha. House cleaning should start at the top.

[Ulic]

A big haul, and a nice catch, but he is just to driver. We want Mister Big.