400 kg of marijuana seized from couple's rented house in On Nut
Thai police raided a rented house in On Nut, Bangkok, on 17 June 2017 and seized over 400 kg of marijuana, arresting a couple accused of running a postal drug-selling operation supplied from Laos. Cash, gold, bank deposits and a condominium worth over 40 million baht were also seized.
🇹🇭 On Nut soi 65 housing estate, Prawet district, Bangkok · Thailand
Police led by Special Branch chief Surachet Hakphal raided a rented house in a
housing estate on On Nut soi 65 in Prawet district on 17 June 2017 and seized
over 400 kg of marijuana.[1]They arrested Udomchai Triphakdi, known as
Bungarm, and his wife Jittaya Yarangwong.[1]
Operation
Surachet said the raid expanded a crackdown on drug sales by post in the
Prawet area, in which his team had already arrested seven suspects.[1]Investigators had monitored a post office in On Nut and questioned two
suspects who came to mail about 4 kg of marijuana to clients; the pair
pointed to Bungarm as the man who had hired them to do so.[1]Police said
Bungarm had sold the drug for two to three years, supplied by an agent in
Laos, moving 20 to 60 boxes a month for 300,000 to 400,000 baht in
profit.[1]
Officers also seized bottles of cough mixture, kratom leaves and assets worth
over 40 million baht, including a condominium on Sukhumvit soi 103/4, 8.7
million baht in cash, gold bars weighing 28 baht, 6 million baht in bank
accounts and two cars.[1]
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