Arrests, houses seized in major drug busts
Police yesterday announced the arrest of two suspected drug dealers in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan Noi district along with 200,000 'ya ba' pills worth Bt40 million in street value.
Ampol Booncharoen, 26, and Anuwat Thakthuang, 21, were arrested on Sunday while allegedly collecting the drugs. 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.
In the North, Pol Lt General Thanitsak Teerasawat, chief of Provincial Police Region 5, yesterday said two houses worth Bt10 million in Chiang Mai province were temporarily impounded, as they were allegedly bought with illegal drug proceeds in 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 in Saraphi district to the arrest of Ritthichai Natheerattanakulchai, 44, along with 28,100 ‘yaba’ pills. The other house in Tambon Ton Pao in San Kamphaeng district was linked to the arrest of Worapoj Assawapulsab and Kittikanya Na Chiang Mai along with 48,000 pills.
