Alleged Lao drug kingpin’s Facebook account depicts luxury-car lifestyle

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2017
Alleged Lao drug kingpin’s Facebook account depicts luxury-car lifestyle

The Facebook account of Xaysana Keopimpha, an alleged drug warlord who was arrested in Bangkok last month, appears to show only sporadic activity, with his latest post being an update of his profile photo on December 19.

However, the few photos that he has posted on Facebook would raise eyebrows, including selfies taken with luxury cars such as Lamborghinis and Mercedes-Benzes, which appear to have been taken at his house in Laos.
In other photos, he is shown with other people surrounded by more luxury vehicles, including one in which he sat in one of the cars wearing a sleeveless T-shirt showing tattoos on both arms.
Xaysana was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in front of many travellers on January 19 after police were tipped off that he and three other people were flying in from Phuket.
Police said the arrest was the culmination of a five-year investigation into a drug network allegedly operated by Xaysana, which police said distributed drugs in northeastern Thailand, Laos and other Asean countries including Malaysia and Singapore.
The network is believed to be bigger than that allegedly operated by Laota Sanli, who was arrested in October and is accused of also distributing drugs in northern Thailand.