Bangkok police have arrested six suspects and seized a large drug haul of 10 million made-in-Myanmar methamphetamine pills and 398 kilograms of crystal meth or “ice”. A haul that size led the national police chief, Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda, to hold a press conference on Friday at the Royal Thai Police headquarters to announce the seizure.
The huge pile of drugs was put on display at the 10.30am press conference.
Chakthip said police made the arrest after investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Division 8 monitored the group on suspicion that they have been distributing drugs in Bangkok’s Jom Thong district.
The suspects were arrested on Soi Indhamara 36 in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district, where police also seized two guns and four vehicles.
Chakthip said police found that the drug was smuggled from a Wa minority group in Myanmar through a northern province. The group has a history of smuggling drugs to Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani before then moving the shipments to Bangkok for distribution.
Chakthip said the group was planning to smuggle the drug to an agent in the South.
The six suspects were just couriers, the national chief said, but police have already learned the identity of the boss. The boss is Thai, he said, but withheld further details over fear that the case would be affected.
