Pattani couple held with large yaba haul
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A husband and wife hailing from Pattani were arrested with 280,000 yaba tablets worth Bt8.4 million at the Thanyaburi tollgate on Tuesday evening, Pol General Pongsapat Pongcharoen, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, said yest
A police investigation found that Seri Chumpong, 39, and wife Farida Mat-aree, 29, brought the drugs from the North and stored them in Angthong and Ayutthaya before distributing them among retailers in Bangkok. Following a tip-off, police kept a lookout for them on the Asia Highway. Upon spotting the couple, police demanded to search their vehicle and found a cache of drugs. In a subsequent search at a condominium in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district, police also reportedly found records of drug-related transactions.
The couple has reportedly confessed to transporting drugs from the North to Angthong more than 10 times in the past two years, and each time they got Bt700,000. They also got Bt200,000 per trip when moving drugs from Angthong to Bangkok retailers. Police will be seizing the couple’s assets worth Bt50 million in the South as well as hunting for their accomplice in Chiang Rai.
