Crime
Russian’s Arrested for Mailing Marijuana Home
Georgy Nyushkov, 28, Alelsei Druzhinin, 30, and Aleksei Samokhin, 26, and their alleged suppliers Kaewjai Thumaporn, 43, and Kanokphrom Wongsin, 28
PATTAYA – Pol Maj-General Nitipol Niamnoi yesterday announced that three Russian tourists and two Thais were arrested along with 17 kilograms of marijuana in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri Province.
Customs officials found 10kg of marijuana in packages posted to Russia, sent from Pattaya, Jomtien and Map Ta Phut post offices. Police later arrested Georgy Nyushkov, 28, Alelsei Druzhinin, 30, and Aleksei Samokhin, 26, and their alleged suppliers Kaewjai Thumaporn, 43, and Kanokphrom Wongsin, 28.
Pol Maj-General Nitipol Niamnoi said the suspects had been trying to mail the marijuana shipments, bought from local dealers, back to Russia.
The first two men were charged with possessing and attempting to import marijuana, while Samokhin faces a charge of possession.
Meanwhile, at a press conference, deputy commander Pol Col Chairoj Chaiya said that following the arrest of Russian Anton Petrovskiy, 45, with 0.7 gm of “ice” in Bang Lamung’s Tambon Nong Preu on March 19, police arrested his Iranian supplier Akbar Mohamadi, 45, the next day with 8.32 grams of “ice” and a digital scale in Tambon Nong Preu.
On the weekend, two more Iranians were arrested – Asghar Keshavarz Afshar, 38, with 102 grams of “ice” in Tambon Na Kleu on Saturday, then Abolfazl Vakili, 41, at a Bangkok house, where he stayed for 10 years with his Thai wife, along with 385.5 grams of “ice” and a digital scale on Sunday – Nation
