Big drug haul nets four men and Bt300 million in yaba
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Chiang Rai police arrested four men for allegedly possessing more than one million Yaba pills with a street value of about Bt300 million in Mae Chan district on Sunday, deputy prime minister Chalerm Yubamrung told a press conference Monday.
Presenting the four suspects – Chamnong Yeubao, 36, a former drug convict released in 2009, Sombat Srisongsom, 50, Nawasit Sitthichodok, 38, and Naratip Porchae, 33, alongside the 1.094 million 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 went on to arrest Nawasit and Naratip at a garage in the same district, he added. They were charged with having Yaba in their possession with intent to sell.
Chiang Rai police chief Pol Col Wanchai Suwansirikhet said Nawasit the alleged gang leader, got the drugs from a neighbouring country and planned to store them at an animal farm before their distribution in Bangkok’s Bang Na area and Nonthaburi.
