Royal Thai Navy drug-suppression officers seized nearly 3,800 methamphetamine pills during the arrest of six members of an alleged narcotics ring.
Navy officials on Dec. 20 announced the arrest of Tsongwuth Phiphatsuthiphong, 54, with 3,742 ya ba pills; Thant Kulsiriwong, 54, with a 9mm handgun and 11 bullets; Kritsana Darasirikul, 23, with 23 ya ba tablets; Vithaya Tsongsiri, 22, with 12 pills; Somphan Kantachula, 37, with five tablets; and Kritsana Uppachai, 32, for drug abuse.
Royal Thai Navy drug-suppression officers arrested six members of an alleged narcotics ring and seized nearly 3,800 methamphetamine pills.
Capt. Niwat Hachroen said the arrest of the accused gang members came after the bust of Kritsana, a sailor, who ended up ratting out his alleged suppliers.
Officials said Tsongwuth confessed to being the ringleader after police found the stash of pills buried under a banana tree in his yard. He said he got the drugs from a source in Cambodia.
