Record 3.45-tonne marijuana haul bound for Britain seized in Saraburi
Thai police found about 3.45 tonnes of marijuana packed in hundreds of boxes addressed to Britain in a house in Saraburi province, then the kingdom's biggest-ever haul. Officers arrested 43-year-old Nipon Mopad, who said he had been paid to deliver the drug to Bangkok Port for shipment overseas.
Police seized about 3.45 tonnes of marijuana, then the biggest haul in the
kingdom’s history, at a house in the central province of Saraburi.[1][2]The
drug was packed in hundreds of boxes carrying a British address, the warehouse
of CKR Services on Galleon Boulevard in Dartford, Kent.[3][1]Officers put
its value at about 51 million baht.[2]
Officers arrested 43-year-old Nipon Mopad, known as Yap, at the house, and
seized his pickup truck and a gun while freezing his bank accounts.[1][2]Nipon confessed that he had been paid 100,000 baht to deliver the drug to
Bangkok Port, from where it was to be sent to an overseas destination, Saraburi
police chief Major-General Chalit Preechaharn said.[1][2]
Biggest haul to date
Police described the find as the country’s biggest-ever marijuana seizure.[3][1]The boxes were already addressed and ready for shipment abroad when
officers found them.[3]
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Nipon Mopad, in handcuffs, stands next to a pile of boxes containing marijuanaPhoto details
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