Two suspects taken with 200 kg of cocaine and 2.7 million rate pills, with the manager still at large.
PUBLISHED: 15 Mar 2025 at 18: 43
In the largest-ever substance pull in this southern county, authorities have seize about 200 kilos of cocaine and 2.7 million rate pills worth more than 117 million baht, and have detained two suspected drug riders.
According to a media briefing on Saturday, Sayompu Tiboon, 34, of Outfit Yai, and Wiroj Thongdee, 24, both of whom were detained by a gang of officers, soldiers, and local authorities on Thursday.
596 plates of cocaine, which are weighed 208.6 kg and are worth about 89.4 million rmb, and 2.7 million rate tablets for 28 million baht, totaling 117.4 million baht, were taken from them in Hat Yai area, according to Pol Lt Gen Nitinai Langyanai, director of the Border Patrol Police Bureau.
A bicycle, a Toyota Altis with Songkhla license plates, and four mobile phones were likewise seized.
According to Pol Lt. Gen Nitinai, Mr. Sayompu was detained at 9 p.m. on March 13 at a wooden house at a rubber plantation in Tha Morchai community Moo 8 of Outfit Yai area.
In the shelters, massive amounts of cocaine and rate pills were discovered in sacks of animal feed that had been kept in storage while other drug dealers were getting them.
During a raid on a wooden house in the Hat Yai city of Songkhla on Thursday night, one of the two offenders is asked to point at baskets containing rate tablets and cocaine. Assawin Pakkawan ( Photo )
Sayompu claimed that another man, who could only be identified as Boss or Tom, belonged to the drugs during questioning.
Wiroj called Sayompu via the Line chat app to inquire about whether three sacks of the drugs he had ordered were ready for delivery while the questioning was taking place. In the direction of the shelter, Wiroj drove up and parked in front of the vehicle. Police were hiding nearby from him as he was bringing the drugs into his car.
Sayompu informed the arresting team that he had been hired by” Boss” and was paid 2, 000 to 3, 000 baht each time to store drugs inside his refuge.
Wiroj claimed he had been hired to deliver drugs to a Pattani dealer for 40, 000 baht per delivery. The two suspects were being held legally by the police.
At a Saturday press conference, officers involved in the operation pose with packs of speed pills and heroin as they are presenting to the two suspects in Hat Yai. Assawin Pakkawan ( Photo )