Two more arrests, drugs seized
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An arrest on Monday led to the capture of two more suspects yesterday, along with 130,000 ya ba tablets and 2 kilograms of "ice" worth Bt45 million, police said.
Itthipat Damnui, 41, and Sitthisak Thaennak, 35, were arrested in the Sombat Buri Condominium in Nonthaburi’s Bang Bua Thong district, following the Metropolitan Police Area 9 officers’ arrest of Jarukit Reungronghiranya, 32. He had been nabbed with 20,000 ya ba tablets and 100 grams of crystal meth on Monday night, and told police of his accomplices’ hiding place.
Police also seized a pistol and a Ford Fiesta in yesterday’s sting.
Itthipat told police he owed Bt3 million to a drug-dealing gang and was working off his debt by transporting drugs. He told police he got the drugs from a Bang Kwang Prison drug network member identified only as Thoon.
Meanwhile, Pongpat Salakjit, 31, was arrested at 1.30am in Nonthaburi’s Muang district along with a pistol, 15 bullets and 18 ya ba tablets. Police said he had tried to ride a motorcycle through a checkpoint and pulled the gun but was shot by police in the left leg.
