Thai man, 31, nabbed in Pai with 170,000 pills and 3kg of ‘ice’
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A 31-year-old man – allegedly part of a Hmong drug trafficking ring that used to trade with the Laota Saenli network – was arrested with 170,000 ‘yaba’ pills and three kilograms of crystal meth or “ice” in Pai district in Mae Hong Son on Wednesday, acting chief of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau Pol Maj General Sommai Kongwisaisuk has said.
Pichit Chokpakchitporn, Mae Hong Son native, was nabbed with drugs worth an estimated Bt40 million at a checkpoint on the Wiang Haeng to Pai Road after a tip-off that the Hmong network would transport drugs from a neighbouring country in a car into Thailand. Police and soldiers from the 17th Infantry Regiment staked out the area until they spotted the vehicle fitting the description they were given.
Sommai said Pichit belonged to the Hmong network that used to distribute drugs through Laota’s group.
