Confession sparks hunt for 6 suspects
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Police are trying to track down six suspects implicated by a junior police officer who was arrested for allegedly delivering illicit narcotics.
Pol Snr Sgt-Major Manas Suapho, who surrendered to police on Wednesday, has provided information about the role of many key members in his drug-trafficking network.
Among them are ex-policeman Prawin Tuaipa and his wife, Suchada.
Prawin was fired in 2005 from his job at the Prachachuen Police Station in Bangkok, where Manas also worked.
According to Manas, money earned from drug deliveries was divided between himself, Suchada and another accomplice. Up to Bt77 million worth of assets belonging to Manas and his accomplices has already been confiscated.
“We believe that Prawin and his wife are key members of this network,” Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Maj-General Thitiraj Nongharnpitak said yesterday.
A police source said Suchada was also wanted on a murder charge.
The network was exposed when an accomplice was arrested for possessing 1.28 million methamphetamine tablets and 5 kilograms of “ice” or crystal methamphetamine in Lampang province on Sunday.
Thitiraj said the National Police Office’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau would take this case over from Lampang police.
