Three arrested in Satun with 205 kg of marijuana bound for Malaysia
Soldiers and police raided a shelter in Ban Khuan, Muang Satun district, on 21 March 2017, seizing 5 kg of marijuana in a pickup and 200 kg more at a house in Thapae district; three men were arrested for allegedly smuggling the drug from Nong Khai to Malaysia.
🇹🇭 Ban Khuan, Muang Satun district, Satun · Thailand
Acting on a tip-off, soldiers and police raided a shelter in Moo 1 village in
Tambon Ban Khuan, Muang Satun district, at 3am on Tuesday 21 March 2017 and
found 5 kg of marijuana in a Toyota pickup truck.[1]Winai Lenphet, 22, and
Wirat Hadnern, 36, were arrested at the scene.[1]
The two men implicated Rokard Hadnern, 55, who was arrested at his house in
Thapae district later the same day, where officers found 200 kg of
marijuana.[1]Police said the men admitted buying the drug in Nong Khai for
5,000 baht per kilogram and planning to smuggle it into Malaysia, where each
kilogram would fetch 50,000 baht.[1]
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