Police announce the arrest of Thongsuk “Kokae
Samae San’” Thapthim for allegedly trafficking in ya ba.
Patcharapol Panrak
Sattahip police seized more than 300 methamphetamine pills when they raided
the apartment of a major drug dealer in the Samae San fishing village.
Thongsuk “Kokae Samae San’” Thapthim, 54, was arrested at his rented room in
Moo 2 while trying to flush 337 ya ba pills down the toilet during the March
24 raid. Officers retrieved the pills before they were destroyed.
Sattahip officials alleged Thongsuk had been selling ya ba to foreign
workers and fishing crews in Samae San while renting a room and nearby and
storing drugs there.
Police said Thongsuk confessed he had been selling drugs for a long time and
had never been arrested. He said he used the funds to pay off gambling
losses and had purchased the drugs from an inmate at Chonburi Prison.
