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Four men were arrested along with over one milion Yaba pills, worth Bt300 milion in street value, in Chiang Rai's Mae Chan district on Sunday, deputy prime minister Chalerm Yubamrung told a press conference Monday.
Presenting the four suspects – a former drug convict released in 2009 Chamnong Yeubao, 36, Sombat Srisongsom, 50, Nawasit Sitthichodok, 38, and Naratip Porchae, 33, and the 1,094,000 Yaba pills – Chalerm said this drug bust was a joint operation of the Special Branch Police, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, the Provincial Police Region 5 and Chiang Rai Police.
They arrested Chamnong and Sombat in a pickup truck along with the drugs then extend to arrested the implicated Nawasit and Naratip at a garage in the same district, he added. They were charged with having Yaba in possession with intent to sell.
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