Lao ‘druglord’ appears in court after arrest at airport
By KESINEE TANGKHIEO,
NAKHARIN CHINNAWORNKOMOL 
THE NATION

 

Xayasana

 

BANGKOK: -- POLICE YESTERDAY brought Laotian man Xayasana Keopimpha – the suspected boss of a drug network spanning the Asean region – to a Bangkok court to obtain the first 12-day detention period for the suspect.

 

Police objected to bail on the grounds that they considered him a flight risk as his alleged crime carried heavy penalties.

 

Xayasana, 41, was arrested in front of dozens of travellers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport as he disembarked from a flight from Phuket on Thursday.

 

A police investigation into Xayasana, who faces drug trafficking charges, was ongoing at the time of his arrest and at least seven witnesses are expected to be interviewed soon, said a police application letter for the suspect’s detention presented at the Ratchadapisek court.

 

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He has a picture of his customers on his t-shirt.

Let's hope he looks exactly the same . . . . asap.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

his alleged crime carried heavy penalties.

 

Dig deeper old boy or stay in the slammer. 

Thought he would be home by now...B500 fine.

Just now, little mary sunshine said:

Thought he would be home by now...B500 fine.

No his "ransom" will be a lot steeper than that. He will be placed on the big fish scale and priced accordingly.