Bangkok busts net big ya ba haul
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Metropolitan Police seized some 100,000 ya ba tablets worth Bt30 million along with quantities of marijuana and crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", in two separate drug busts, police chief Pol Lt-General Winai Thongsong told the press yesterday.
In the first case, Nonthakul Sirisri, 29, Worapas Thes-ngamthuan, 34, and Phumarin Chaikhet, 31, were arrested with 88,000 ya ba tablets, 27 kg of marijuana, 28 grams of crystal meth, a 9mm pistol and 22 bullets. Worapas and Phumarin were arrested in a sting operation in Bangkok’s Thung Kru district, leading to the subsequent arrest of Nonthakul and the seizure of the drugs.
In the second case, Wikanda Meesuk, 21, was arrested with 15,957 ya ba tablets in Rat Burana district. After a police investigation determined that a drug delivery took place in Soi Pracha Uthit 14, police arrested Wikanda with 200 ya ba tablets before searching her home in Soi Pracha Uthit 69, where they found 15,757 tablets, Winai said.
