According to authorities, the suspect who was detained in Samut Prakan shipped medications to his home state and Australia.
PUBLISHED: 18 Sep 2024 at 18: 33
UPDATED: 18 Sep 2024 at 19: 14
A Malaysian drug trafficker who was arrested this week in Samut Prakan may be deported back to his country, where he is likely to be given the , death charges, authorities said on Wednesday.
Benny Kee Soon Chuan ran a smuggling operation involving crystal meth, ketamine and ecstasy, to Australia and Singapore via Thailand, according to Pol Lt Gen Panurat Lakboonto, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board ( ONCB).
The believe was implicated in two prior trafficking cases, both of which occurred in 2021, where opioids were shipped to Singapore and Australia.
According to Pol Lt Gen Panurat, local researchers discovered him having fled his land and leading a lavish lifestyle in the Samut Prakan district’s Bang Phli district’s Bang Kaew.
The suspect’s Thai immigration was cancelled, and soldiers of Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau joined with Thai officials to arrest him on Tuesday. Property for 15 million baht were likewise seized. According to Pol Lt. Gen. Panurat, he was discovered to possess entered Thailand using a Vanuatu card.
The ONCB is working to have the person deported. People who engage in drug trafficking may be subject to the death penalty under Singaporean rules.