5 tonnes of marijuana seized in Pathum Thani warehouse
Pathum Thani police raided a warehouse in Lam Luk Ka District on 30 April 2014 and seized about five tonnes of marijuana packed for shipment to the Netherlands, worth up to THB500 million. No arrests were reported, and accounts differ on whether the warehouse owner was present.
Pathum Thani police raided a warehouse in Lam Luk Ka District on 30 April 2014 and found approximately five tonnes of marijuana packed for shipment to the Netherlands.[1][2]The cannabis was neatly wrapped in moisture-control bags, and some of it was packed in boxes labelled “towel”.[2]NNT reported the haul weighed 5,000 kilograms and was worth up to 500 million baht.[1]Officers confiscated the drugs together with the packaging equipment and recovered fingerprints they said could lead to the perpetrators.[1]
Police identified the warehouse owner as Sirisak Boonsiri, 47.[1][2]NNT reported he was present when officers arrived, and that his 34-year-old wife, who was also there, denied knowing the packages held cannabis and said her husband had been in the export business for more than two years.[1]Coconuts, citing police, said instead that Sirisak was not on the premises when the raid took place.[2]A World Federation Against Drugs summary of the case confirms the five-tonne seizure in Lam Luk Ka and its Netherlands destination.[3]
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