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Thu, 08/12/2010 - 19:46
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Police arrest drug traffickers with 300,000 meth pills in Nakhon Ratchasima

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Aug 12 – Three suspected members of a drug syndicate in Thailand's southern border provinces were arrested with 300,000 speed pills, valued at Bt42 million (US$1.2 million) in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

Roning Yuso, 50, Somboon Yuso, 27, and Nisit Saie, 37, were arrested for carrying 280,000 methamphetamine pills, worth some $1.2 million Wednesday while attempting to driving through a checkpoint in Prathai district, Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Thangai Prasjaksattru told a Thursday press briefing.

While inspecting the vehicle, police discovered the illicit drug in a specially-designed compartment in the automobile’s bumper. Police confiscated the drug.

The suspects said that they were hired to transport the meth pills three times with a Bt200,000 (some $6,000) wage for each trip.

The police speculated that the trio were members of a drug syndicate, headed by Usman Salaemang and spent part of the money from selling the illegal drug to fund insurgency in three southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. (MCOT online news)

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