1.5 tons of marijuana worth 450 million baht seized in southern Thailand

[snoop1130]

1.5 tons of marijuana worth 450 million baht seized in southern Thailand
Kwaang Siripoom

CHUMPHON:-- Police have confirmed the seizure of 1.5 tons of marijuana along with 574 methamphetamine pills and haul of firearms in two separate raids in Chumphon, southern Thailand.

On March 3 Pol. Lt. Gen. Tesa Sirivato told reporters that during a routine road checkpoint, officers pulled over an Isuzu pickup truck with three people inside.

During initial questioning, the driver, identified as Mr. Boontiang Mahawong, 58 from Nakhon Phanom, started behaving suspiciously. Officers were also alerted to his mobile phone which was ringing constantly.

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Just a few minutes later as police were still questioning the men, the suspected truck arrived at the checkpoint and police found 1,500 kg of marijuana hidden under construction sand and rock in the back of the truck.

Police arrested the driver of the truck, Mr. Vittaya Khuenkaew, 34, from Chiang Rai, along with his 38 year old wife, Suchira Kaewtalay.

Mr. Vittaya allegedly confessed to the police that Mr. Komsak, had paid him 53,000 baht to drive the truck from Nakhon Phanom to Songkhla province but claimed he did not know what was in the truck, apart from rocks and sand.

However, police didn’t believe Mr Vittaya and he, along with the other suspects were transferred to Chumphon police station for further questioning.

Further investigations found that the truck had travelled from northern Thailand and police believe the shipment of marijuana originated from Laos.

In a separate case, police arrested 8 men following a raid at a house in the Tha Sae district. During the raid, officers seized 574 methamphetamine pills and 29.14g of crystal methamphetamine, as well as 4 shotguns, 20 rounds of ammunition and a K75 hand grenade.

Source: Thairath

-- 2016-03-04

[worgeordie]

Nervous people should defiantly not get involved in drug smuggling,

Mr. Nakowong,lost his bottle and told the police about the following

truck,now they are all in the S£i%e,I hope they also managed to

get the name of the person and address of where the drugs were

been delivered to,out of him.

regards Worgeordie

[BuaBS]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

[surangw]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

they know of the methods used if they don't "fess up" early in the process

rumor has it the head interrogator has an extensive testicle collection in jars

[gk10002000]

So the pickup truck was supposed to be clearing the way for the 18 wheeler not far behind it eh? They don't seem to have been very good scouts!

[canathai8]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

Ya, never mind the growing harvesting, and curing over in Lao..

Consider compressing that much - with "custom-made presses.."

All in the name of standardization, portability, smell and stealth

[canathai8]

What's that song from the 80's?

Oh yeah..."Heads are Gonna Roll.."

[canathai8]

I doubt it went down as the article says - do you?

[Colabamumbai]

It was all so much easier in the 1970's in Thailand to get the product around, and at that time Burma produced the opium/heroin. So good Thai sticks , and good good everything.Half the cabbies in Bangkok could supply you with uncut heroin.

[anon467367354]

That's a whole lot of medicine and cancer cures right there. What are they going to do with it I probably don't have to wonder.

[Rob13]

Where was it grown?

[prestburypark]

"up in smoke, thats where my money goes, down my throat and sometimes up my nose..."

Cheech and Chong would be grieving such a loss.

I can't stand incompetent criminals, if your going to do it do it right <deleted>.

[sabaii69]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

they know of the methods used if they don't "fess up" early in the process

rumor has it the head interrogator has an extensive testicle collection in jars

At least the guys weren't caught with a visa overstay (yeah, I know they're thai)

[moon47]

Let it burn... !!

The type of product that is normally used for medical purposes is rarely bricked up and transported by shady people...

Most likely the profit from the sale would have gone to even shadier ends as well so good ridden to bad apples IMO... =\

[impulse]

 

Let it burn... !!

The type of product that is normally used for medical purposes is rarely bricked up and transported by shady people...

Most likely the profit from the sale would have gone to even shadier ends as well so good ridden to bad apples IMO... =\

 

Better yet, legalize it, tax the beejeezus out of it, control quality and distribution channels to keep the money away from the baddies and quit wasting $$$ billions, time and lives in a futile attempt to keep people from doing what was perfectly legal for most of human history.

Like alcohol and tobacco. When was the last time you heard of a rum-runner shootout?

[SOTIRIOS]

...so is this a Thai product.....???

...where do all these drugs come from....???

[sn1per]

It's just a blip in the supply chain, it will still reach its original destination, just a few days later

[ThaiFelix]

...so is this a Thai product.....???

...where do all these drugs come from....???

If all else fails, read the article

[BuriramDevelopers]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

no backbone. time after time. they behave to the situation rather then their own believes

[connda]

Too bad it's not made legal. There is growing demand for medical grade marijuana in the US. It could be a significant export crop if the PTB would climb off their moral high-horses. It could also reduce a lot of suffering of medical patients in Thailand too.

[BuriramDevelopers]

haha yeah hillarious and typical... the scout is the reason they got busted.........

[beammeup]

the phone constantly ringing must have been the truck driver behind asking if the coast is clear. He should have pulled over and waited for a answer. oops!

[tomacht8]

450.000.000 Baht for 1.500 kg
is
300.000 Baht for 1 kg
is
300 Baht for 1 gram

At such high rates for a natural product, it is no wonder that the synthetic drugs (and in its consequences much more dangerous drugs) are on the rise.
The decriminalization of this class 5 drug (cannabis) would certainly help, to destroy the business of the
great, organized drug gangs and would certainly help to push back the synthetic drugs (Yaba, Ice, CMeth) that bring so much misery to people.

[swissbie]

What a fancy calculation. 1500 kilos worth 450 millions. 300'000 per kilo, who they wanna impress? The ones who never attended school or some dreamers?

[swissbie]

450.000.000 Baht for 1.500 kg

is

300.000 Baht for 1 kg

is

300 Baht for 1 gram

At such high rates for a natural product, it is no wonder that the synthetic drugs (and in its consequences much more dangerous drugs) are on the rise.

The decriminalization of this class 5 drug (cannabis) would certainly help, to destroy the business of the

great, organized drug gangs and would certainly help to push back the synthetic drugs (Yaba, Ice, CMeth) that bring so much misery to people.

You just have been a little bit faster with your calculation.. With such amounts 10000 Baht for a kilo would be overrated already.

[raphoedon]

I was gonna lie to the cops but I was high

Was going to pull right over and stop but I was high

I was so messed up I couldn't lie

And now I will Fry

Now I will Fry

Now I will Fry

[gandalf12]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

They obviously can not stand any form of stress. However this story should not at the present time be reported. The details of the recipients should have been found and action taken to arrest them. Only after everyone involved is caught should this story be published

[off road pat]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

You don't get it !?....this is the police version.....(Official.)....in reality they were snitched and the police were waiting for them....just to protect there source they invent a story...and the story is so typical simplistic......

[BuaBS]

Legalize it , grow it yourself = no taxes.

It works in the US :

Legalizing Weed Has Done What 1 Trillion Dollars And A 40 Year War Couldn't

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-05/legalizing-weed-has-done-what-1-trillion-dollars-and-40-year-war-couldnt

[farcanell]

As officers continued to speak to Mr Boontiang, one of the passengers, Mr Komsak Nakowong, 52, admitted that he was in the process of orchestrating the transportation of a large amount of marijuana and that he had been due to help navigate an 18 wheel truck that would due to deliver the narcotics to an address in southern Thailand.

Why do these Thai spill the beans so easily ? So typical .

What a waste of time & money growing and producing this product.

Ya, never mind the growing harvesting, and curing over in Lao..

Consider compressing that much - with "custom-made presses.."

All in the name of standardization, portability, smell and stealth

The accumulated goop off the press, would be..... Interesting