Five arrested in drug raid
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Four men and a woman were arrested and 10 kilograms of crystal meth worth Bt30 million seized in Bangkok.
Tharit Pengdit, director-general of the Department of Special Investigation, told the press yesterday that a combined force nabbed the suspects when they made the delivery at Big C Rattanathibet and arranged for payment at a hotel in the Ratchadaphisek area.
The suspects belong to a new North-based ring with links to major drug dealers in the North and Bangkok, he said.
In Chiang Mai, two men were detained at a Chiang Mai-Fang Road checkpoint in Chaiya Prakan district at 4am and 500,000 yaba tablets recovered from a pick-up truck, which they tried to hide in a hidden compartment.
The duo, Sirachat Saethao, 28, and Sakthichai Jitrakan, 38, reportedly confessed to transporting “ice” from Mae Ai district to Pathum Thani once before.
