PUBLISHED: 4 Nov 2024 at 19: 17
A well-known Indonesian pop song has been arrested after more than 6, 000 meth pills were found in Thailand’s southern state of Narathiwat, authorities said on Monday.
Thin Norshaheeda Azlin Binti Wan Ismail, 29, commonly known as Eda Ezrin, was nabbed on Friday in a motel in Sungai Kolok area.
She was arrested with five different Malaysians: Mohamad Alif bucket Deraman, 32, Mohd Affendi al Ahmad, 34, Nur Aida binti Mamat, 32, Erdieka al Mohd Noor, 31, and Zuhaira Nasrin, 25.
The party was found with 6, 060 meth devices.
All six suspects tested positive for drug use, despite no one claiming to have the items in their hands, according to a policeman source.
The defendants have now been charged with possessing with goal to deliver methamphetamine, considered a Type 1 narcotic substance, and using the illegal drug, authorities said.
They were brought to court on Monday.
Two suspects have also been charged with unlawful entry into the country because their passports were improperly stamped by Thai or Indonesian immigration authorities.
On Monday, about 100 followers of the song and six suspects ‘ families gathered outside the Narathiwat statewide court.
About 50 crowd-control police officials were deployed at the police station.
According to a local source, plain-clothes Indonesian police officers and reporters were seen surrounded by the group outside the police station.
According to the cause, these officials visited Narathiwat to see how the Thai police handled the case.
Authorities in the neighboring nation have longer pursued one of the six suspects, according to an unknown Indonesian commander who told the cause.