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Banglamung, Chonburi police smash Issan drug ring, seize 24,000 pills
Chonburi and Banglamung police arrested five
alleged members of a major methamphetamine ring and seized 24,000 ya ba
tablets.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Chonburi and Banglamung police pursued tips from minor drug dealers
to Issan where they captured five alleged members of a major methamphetamine
ring and seized 24,000 ya ba tablets.
Top law-enforcement officials Aug. 19 announced the arrest of alleged ring
leader Noppol Tiybut, 44; his wife, Maneerat Jitjat, 47; lookout Niwet
Jitampai, 58; and two others: Niphaporn Wongpraphan, 32, and Thanin
Kongsaen, 36.
All the suspects hail from Nakhon Phanom and were arrested in Udon Thani
with the drugs, 100,000 baht cash, a gun, 10 mobile phones, six pickup
trucks and a motorbike.
Banglamung police said drug dealers arrested locally claimed they’d been
getting their drugs from Issan. With their help, police arranged an
undercover buy of 24,000 methamphetamine tablets for 2 million baht.
Upon arriving at the meeting in Khumkung, Udon Thani, police waited as Niwet
arrived alone to check out the area before calling his superiors with the
all clear. Police then arrested him. When Noppol and Maneerat arrived, they
also were captured.
Police said Noppol confessed he’d sourced his drugs from Laos, meeting his
supplier at the banks of the Khong River where the Laotian dealer crossed
with a longboat.
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