Bt61m luxury stash seized

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Bt61m luxury stash seized
By THE NATION

 

 

5 top-range cars found in raids on drug suspects

 

BANGKOK: -- FIVE LUXURY cars and illicit drugs valued at more than Bt61 million have been confiscated following separate police raids over the weekend in which three suspected members of a drug gang were arrested.

 

Police from the Patrol and Special Operations Division and Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) conducted a raid on the house in Bangkok’s Bang Khunthien district yesterday, where they found 480,000 methamphetamine tablets and 48 kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”. 

 

Two suspects were arrested during the operation – two 17-year-old teenagers (a boy and a girl) whose names were withheld due to their age.

 

Yesterday’s operation followed a separate raid on Saturday by Samut Prakan police on a house in Samrong Nuea district, where suspected drug dealer Terdsak Ketprom, 41, was arrested. Five luxury cars found in his house, including two Lamborghini cars and two Mercedes-Benz, were confiscated, police said.

 

Police questioning of the suspect led to yesterday’s raid of the Bangkok house.

 

‘Major drug dealer’

 

Police Maj-General Surachet Hakparn, commander of the Patrol and Special Operations Division, said yesterday that police had suspected Terdsak was a major dealer who had worked with Lao drug traffickers in smuggling large amounts of narcotics into Thailand.

 

A police officer offered to buy drugs from Terdsak in a sting operation that led to his arrest, Surachet said.

 

The suspects were charged with colluding to smuggle drugs into the country with intent to sell.

 

Police Maj-General Thammanoon Traithippayapong, the chief of Samut Prakan police, yesterday said investigation found that a drug syndicate in Laos had hired Terdsak’s gang to take care of the narcotics that would later be delivered to their customers in southern provinces, including Chumphon, Songkhla and Surat Thani.

 

He said police were aware of the identity of the major dealers in Laos allegedly behind this drug gang. They said they would work with the narcotics control board and the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for their arrests in the future. 

 

In January, Thai police made a high-profile arrest of Laotian drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpha at Suvarnabhumi Airport following his vacation in Phuket. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30311096

 

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[harada]

There's nothing like not drawing attention to yourself, no one would suspect that a som tum seller driving a Lamborghini was up to anything illegal.

[JerryinTH]

61m in cars? LOL 

Edited April 2, 2017 by JerryinTH

[rkidlad]

This all reminds me of the movie 'Training Day'. Denzel goes back and stages a raid on his mate's house because he needs the money. 

[Don Mega]

28 minutes ago, JerryinTH said:

61m in cars? LOL 

Yeah cause mercs and lambos are the same price as a vios.

Edited April 2, 2017 by Don Mega

[leeneeds]

Compiling information from previous arrests

makes for good publicity,eliminating competition is

paramount 

[Wilsonandson]

Nice!

"More luxury motors for the next auction!"
"Let's have it"

[gk10002000]

I have little doubts that many of the people arrested and charged are guilty, but without due process, how do you know?  When the police, or in Thailand really the Military coup leaders start seizing things without having to answer to a court or a judge or anybody, it doesn't take long for a society or country such as that to get out of control.  Charge anybody with anything and seize their assets.  Very convenient tool throughout history

[ezzra]

 Lamborghinis become so synonymous with drug dealers car of choice

that every lambo I see on the road I automatically assume the driver

is a drug dealer, and so many others I presume...

Now days, if you waan be a successful drug baron, you also need to know

how to be smart about the ill goaltend gains, just like in any other legit business....

[ratcatcher]

5 hours ago, JerryinTH said:

61m in cars? LOL 

 FIVE LUXURY cars and illicit drugs valued at more than Bt61 million .

[Hayduke]

[boomerangutang]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

 Lamborghinis become so synonymous with drug dealers car of choice

that every lambo I see on the road I automatically assume the driver

is a drug dealer, and so many others I presume...

Now days, if you waan be a successful drug baron, you also need to know

how to be smart about the ill goaltend gains, just like in any other legit business....

"....that every lambo I see on the road I automatically assume the driver

is a drug dealer,...."

 

........or the son of a very rich and corrupt Thai man.

[HooHaa]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

 Lamborghinis become so synonymous with drug dealers car of choice

that every lambo I see on the road I automatically assume the driver

is a drug dealer, and so many others I presume...

Now days, if you waan be a successful drug baron, you also need to know

how to be smart about the ill goaltend gains, just like in any other legit business....

Yes, but pretty much everything you post is yet another assumption.

 

As for ill goaltend gains, nevermind.

Edited April 3, 2017 by HooHaa

[meatboy]

drug dealers,lambo's,benz,arrest's fink someones been squealing.

[sanukjim]

3 hours ago, JerryinTH said:

61m in cars? LOL 

One Lambo is about 24 ,000.000 baht (if imported legally). About 15,000000 if under the table

Edited April 3, 2017 by sanukjim

[seancbk]

31 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

"....that every lambo I see on the road I automatically assume the driver

is a drug dealer,...."

 

........or the son of a very rich and corrupt Thai man.

 

Or someobne who has worked hard and earned the money.  

[ronaldo0]

Funny how they only arrested two 17 year old kids !!

Yeah it must be all theirs !!

[biplanebluey]

33 minutes ago, HooHaa said:

Yes, but pretty much everything you post is yet another assumption.

 

As for ill goaltend gains, nevermind.

"ill goatend gains??????????"  what the--------- yea I got a bit of a chuckle over that one

[Stargeezr]

I seen he fancy cars in the Paragon Mall, and wonder what kind of people would own them in a country, and the city

of Bangkok with its car issues, of street crowding and rich vs poor people on the roads, and sois.  I guess the very rich and

the drug rich folk. Makes me wonder just how many more drug busts are needed.

Geezer

 

[Blue bruce]

11 hours ago, harada said:

There's nothing like not drawing attention to yourself, no one would suspect that a som tum seller driving a Lamborghini was up to anything illegal.

That's exactly what I thought. All the police need to do is look in driveways for expensive sports cars.

 

Sounds too simple

[JerryinTH]

10 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Yeah cause mercs and lambos are the same price as a vios.

 

You missed my point. 

[JerryinTH]

7 hours ago, sanukjim said:

One Lambo is about 24 ,000.000 baht (if imported legally). About 15,000000 if under the table

Yes I am well aware of that. The hurracane pictured above is actually a bit more.. 

15,000,000 for a hurracane under the table? I don't think so.. 

[Moonmoon]

11 hours ago, ezzra said:

 Lamborghinis become so synonymous with drug dealers car of choice

that every lambo I see on the road I automatically assume the driver

is a drug dealer, and so many others I presume...

Now days, if you waan be a successful drug baron, you also need to know

how to be smart about the ill goaltend gains, just like in any other legit business....

Time to sell my lambo... 

[Wilsonandson]

Yes I am well aware of that. The hurracane pictured above is actually a bit more.. 
15,000,000 for a hurracane under the table? I don't think so.. 

That table must have tall legs.

[Wilsonandson]

Woohoo! The police have got a new police car!

[bangrak]

1 hour ago, Wilsonandson said:

Woohoo! The police have got a new police car!

In Qatar the police does indeed have some of the most expensive ultra-cars. It could be so in Thailand too when the RTP top-brass would decide to recycle some of its 'extra money'...

[Artisi]

12 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

 FIVE LUXURY cars and illicit drugs valued at more than Bt61 million .

Yep, no need for a degree in rocket science to work that one out... 

[gk10002000]

20 hours ago, ronaldo0 said:

Funny how they only arrested two 17 year old kids !!

Yeah it must be all theirs !!

can you say gullible "fall guys"?