Seven arrested with 500kg of kratom in Phuket
Officers have arrested seven suspects in possession of 500kg of kratom along with four vehicles in Thalang on Thursday.
Officers arrested three female and four male suspects – 34-year-old Prapawadee Sangiem, 30-year-old Kemmika Wongkla, 29 Wanidanut Manratoe, 27-year-old Nirat Jaeka, 23-year-old Tawatchai Chapharb, 23-year-old Bakareeya Waehama and 49-year-old Jaran Wongkla.
The arrests follow a tipoff at 4am today (Thursday) telling officers that the stimulant will be transferred to Phuket from Songkhla with four vehicles involved.
Officers followed the vehicles. Two vehicles stopped at a house in Cherng Talay while the other two visited a PPT petrol station in Baan Mak Prok, Thalang. Officers discovered kratom inside the vehicles.
Source: thethaiger.com
