Laotian sisters arrested in Ya Ba bust in Isaan

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Laotian sisters arrested in Ya Ba bust in Isaan


Image: Daily News

NAKHON PHANOM: -- Two Laotian sisters were arrested with Ya Ba after they were followed from the Thai Friendship Bridge 2 to Nakhon Phanom.

Acting on a tip off a taskforce followed the movements of the sisters who boarded a van to Nakorn Panom. Unbeknown to the sisters an official was on the van right too.

They then boarded another vehicle and were seen to enter some toilets at the fresh food market reported Daily News. A young man entered the toilets with a bag and they then left with this bag and got in a three wheeler back to the bus station.

They were searched and 24,000 Ya Ba were found in their possession. Han, 32, and sister Phoon, 28, said this was the fifth time they had picked up drugs to transport and were headed for Mahasarakham, Ubon and Sri Saket. They were paid 7,000 for each delivery.

They were charged with possession of class 1 drugs with intent to sell as the taskforce of police and navy personnel announced their arrest this morning. The sisters hail from the area of Suwannakhet called Ban Phai.

No mention was made of the young man who had made the delivery to the toilets.

Source: Daily News

-- 2016-06-03

[thaiduncankk]

No mention was made of the young man who had made the delivery to the toilets.

What a surprise !

[ezzra]

I can't make out why is the guy with navy uniform is doing in this picture, is there a mention of a arrest

on the high seas in this article and I have missed it or is it the case of who's ever with uniforms

of any kind please join the photo opp.......

Edited June 3, 2016 by ezzra

[KhunBENQ]

I can't make out why is the guy with navy uniform is doing in this picture,

I never stop learning.

He proudly holds the sign of the "Mukdahan navy station".

Seems like the navy patrols the Mekong?

A "gunboat" on the Mekong:

Edited June 3, 2016 by KhunBENQ

[Squeegee]

Thais really love cosplay. Any chance to have their picture taken in some silly uniform.

[DoctorG]

The navy guy either has a large head, or a small hat.

[inzman]

So they watch the guy go into the bathroom with the bag. Wait while he leaves, then bust the girls. Either a setup for publicity or somebody big is the dealer and he can't be touched. This is really not an effective way to eradicate the drug trade, but it seems they don't care. They just need an occasional news blurb to indicate they are working. So sad.

[sgtsabai]

I understand the Thai river police/navy/gunboats? used to kill all they found crossing the river from Lao. There is River Police/Navy? office in Nong Khai but I've never seen them. Something tells me "set-up" on this deal.

[plachon]

I understand the Thai river police/navy/gunboats? used to kill all they found crossing the river from Lao. There is River Police/Navy? office in Nong Khai but I've never seen them. Something tells me "set-up" on this deal.

Almost certainly a set-up, with that guy selling them the yaa-baa a cop or member of one of the other security forces represented. Back in about 1992, I met a young Thai navy personnel in a village along the Mekong in Nong Khai. His base was nearby in Sangkhom district. He told me there was several hundred navy recruits posted up there from their main base at Sattahip. Trouble was all was quiet along the border and there were far too many trained sailors to really do anything useful, given all the other border security agencies operating in the same area. They would occasionally do a patrol along the Mekong in their little gunboats, but a few tens of staff would have been more than sufficient.

So, to make sure their easy lifestyle wasn't disturbed and everything could carry on as normal (i.e sabai-sabai), they used to arrange with their Lao counterparts on the other side to stage the odd "incident", like a mortar round fired into an empty hillside, to make it seem like the border was still dangerous and needed defending with lots of soldiers/sailors/Border Patrol Police, etc. The "attacks" on Thai soil would be reported back to HQ and the cash would keep flowing to the bases to keep hundreds of guys living in a state of paid bliss, having lots of time for mixing with the local lasses and doing what I was doing at the time - fishing. I don't doubt that this was also the situation at many border areas, that were over-staffed, including the South, back in the 1990s, until things kicked off for real under the 2001-2006 Thaksin govt. But that's another story........

[sgtsabai]

Yes, there is a real Thai Border Police and I have the feeling that they are not someone you want to mess with. I met one at the USMC Birthday Ball in Vientiane last year. Absolutely stunning lady married to a retired US Navy pilot. Over 300 jumps done and while stunning, friendly, once you were around her a bit, if you can sense things, you knew this was nobody to mess with. Yes, things got quiet after the rag tag Lao army kicked the crap out of the Thai army in the Mekong by Vientiane in the 1980's over a piece of sand. Hey good move by both sides to keep the money flowing and the easy life (Lao ladies)...lol. Too bad much of the fishing is gone now.

[tandor]

Thais really love cosplay. Any chance to have their picture taken in some silly uniform.

...I thought it was the Village People for a sec.

[macksview]

Yes, there is a real Thai Border Police and I have the feeling that they are not someone you want to mess with. I met one at the USMC Birthday Ball in Vientiane last year. Absolutely stunning lady married to a retired US Navy pilot. Over 300 jumps done and while stunning, friendly, once you were around her a bit, if you can sense things, you knew this was nobody to mess with. Yes, things got quiet after the rag tag Lao army kicked the crap out of the Thai army in the Mekong by Vientiane in the 1980's over a piece of sand. Hey good move by both sides to keep the money flowing and the easy life (Lao ladies)...lol. Too bad much of the fishing is gone now.

father in law and some of his mates were border police during the ctp days, hard b*ggers, after the ctp amnesty, some were allowed to transfer to the bib.

they wear real gongs at reunions, not the plethora of badges they wore on their everday uniform.

[shirtless]

They seem like a token gift from the mr bigs, why not go after the big fish , or are they untouchable and well connected.