Arrests, houses seized in major drug busts
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Police Monday announced the arrest of two drug-dealing suspects in Parchuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan Noi district along with 200,000 yaba pills worth Bt40 million in street value. Ampol Booncharoen, 26, and Anuwat Thakthuang, 21, were arrested on Sunday w
They reportedly confessed to police they were hired to deliver the drugs to Ratchaburi province, an offence they said they’d committed many times prior to the arrest.
Up North, Pol Lt General Thanitsak Teerasawat, chief of Provincial Police Region 5, Monday said two houses worth Bt10 million in Chiang Mai province were temporarily impounded, as they were allegedly ill-gotten during separate drug cases. The two houses would be presented to the Office of Narcotics Control Board for further examination as seized assets. Police linked the first house in Tambon Nong Faek of Saraphi district to the arrest of Ritthichai Natheerattanakulchai, 44, along with 28,100 yaba pills. The other house in Tambon Ton Pao of Samkhamphaeng district related to the arrest of Worapoj Assawapulsab and Kittikanya Na Chiang Mai along with 48,000 yaba pills.
