A police crackdown resulted in the arrest of seven individuals in connection to a drug trafficking ring spanning the size of Thailand. Police acknowledged the organised criminals caught yesterday had a long-standing pattern of sustained violence, hanging concern into local communities.
Money trafficking ring’s operations extended from Chiang Rai via Nakhon Si Thammarat and on to Trang. The arrests were made by the Suppression Division’s Deputy Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents. Initially, the operation netted seven arrests on charges of jointly buying and selling and possessing Category 1 medicine (methamphetamine) for sale, cooperating in critical drug-related offences, and violent activities indicative of legal organization.
The sting was the fruits of investigations relationship again to August of last 12 months. Police authorities underneath the sixth Border Patrol obtained complaints from residents facing drug-related disturbances from a drug trafficking network headed by Charoen (only first identify revealed).
Charoen and his affiliates had been secretly peddling medication to local teenagers and using warfare weapons to terrorise villagers. Police interceptions led to Charoen’s arrest along with others, where methamphetamines, explosives, and firearms have been additionally seized as proof.
Assistant Superintendent Pongpanot Chuekaw stated that, upon widening their investigations, they found a gaggle of criminals often concerned in violent incidents and drug trafficking in the southern region. These suspects typically fled to the border areas in Myanmar, near Chiang Rai, to keep away from legal penalties.
Through connections inside drug trafficking circles and acquaintances in jail, these culprits grew to become the first suppliers sending medication for distribution within the southern region, reported KhaoSod..