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	Corrections Department deputy chief Kobkiat Kasiwat said every raid yielded about 20 to 30 mobile phones and that if these impromptu searches continued, inmates would no longer be able to smuggle prohibited items.&nbsp;</div>
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3,000 mobiles found in prison raids so far

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

3,000 mobiles found in prison raids so far

Raids in 142 prisons across the nation since February have yielded about 3,000 cellphones as well as some narcotic substances, a senior official said yesterday.

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