THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Nigerian, Filipina nabbed with 'ice'; Lahu men killed

Nigerian, Filipina nabbed with 'ice'; Lahu men killed

THE Narcotics Suppression Bureau arrested a Nigerian man and a Filipina woman while seizing 15 kilograms of crystal meth ('ice') at a condo in Bang Phli in Samut Prakan on Thursday.

Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Rewat Klinkesorn told a press conference yes?terday that Chukwunonso Victor Oputa, 24, and Marilou David Morales, 41, had been charged with possession of nar?cotics with intent to sell. 
In another case, a man identified as Yutthana Kaewsai was arrested and 17,510 ‘yaba’ pills seized on Friday as he was allegedly delivering the drugs, which were hidden in a speaker, to a customer in Pluak Daeng in Rayong. 
Earlier on Friday afternoon, Rewat inspected the scene where two Lahu drug suspects were killed in a clash with narcotics police in Chiang Mai’s Fang district. At the scene were their bodies, two pistols and a backpack containing 50,000 ‘yaba’ pills. The scene of the shootout was near Ban Wiang Wai-Nong Yao Road in Tambon San Sai. 
Police claimed the duo resisted arrest and opened fire so police fired back. Rewat said the dead men belonged to a Lahu drug dealing group which used the area as a transit point.
He said the group was also linked to “Colonel Jalobo”, an influential figure who allegedly operates a drug ring in the Thai-Myanmar border area. 
Meanwhile, Rayong police chief Maj-General Chumpol Chanthajamrassilp told a press conference that Pollawat Boonmee, 31, and Suriyo Soiraya, 26, were arrested on Friday when 78,000 ‘yaba’ pills and two pistols with 10 bul?lets were seized. 
Police say they arrested the pair as they placed a pack of 2,000 pills at a designated spot on a highway for accomplices to pick up. 
 
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