Smuggled cigarettes found in rubber plantation ‘may be linked to militants’
POLICE in Pattani seized smuggled cigarettes worth Bt3.3 million from a rubber plantation in Tambon Tha Kamcham in Nong Chik district Tuesday afternoon.
The 8,932 packs of smuggled cigarettes reportedly belonged to Maruding Binkasem and Kode Thor, who allegedly helped to fund militants led by Seri Taemamu and Russalan Baima.
The alleged militants have been linked to the bombing on the rail line in Pattani’s Khok Pho district late on Saturday, which killed one railway official and injured three others, as well as causing severe damage to the rear carriage of a local train. Pattani police chief Pol Maj-General Thanogsak Wangsupha has said that Seri’s group may have been responsible for the attack.
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