Connect with us

News

Narcotics Police Arrest Drug Kingpin’s Son in Northern Thailand

Avatar of CTN News

Published

on

Police ,Thailand, northern Thailand

Police in northern Thailand have arrested an alleged member of a transnational drug syndicate that was behind the heroin smuggling at Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri on July 5.

The suspect, Mr Anont Aonaium, was arrested in northern Thailand’s Phitsanulok province. His father, Mr Aek Aonaium, another alleged syndicate member still remains at large.

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkhon said yesterday that police were able to arrest Mr Anont after a tipoff provided by suspect Mr Tukta Boonbanlu.

He was arrested right after police seized heroin hidden in 314kg of paint buckets en route to Australia on July 5.

Ms Tukta was quoted telling police that Mr Aek ordered her to rent a warehouse in Pathum Thani, and Mr Anont gave her the money. After the raid, she was told to relocate the rest of the heroin to Phitsanulok and Nong Khai provinces.

A joint team of ONCB, Phitsanulok drug suppression and Sai Yoi police raided a house in Noen Maprang district and seized paint buckets.

Mr Anont was arrested on Thursday and faced charges of attempting to send Type 1 narcotics from the kingdom and possessing drugs with intent to distribute, Mr Wichai said.

The network had smuggled heroin and crystal meth to Taiwan and Australia multiple times, he said.

Police intercepted their smuggling attempts en route to Taiwan two times — 214 kg of heroin was hidden in picture frames on Feb 1-2 and another 75kg hidden in car parts on Aug 20.

“All clues indicate these seized items belonged to the network,” he said.

Continue Reading

CTN News App

CTN News App

Recent News

BUY FC 24 COINS

compras monedas fc 24

Volunteering at Soi Dog

Find a Job

Jooble jobs

Free ibomma Movies