South Korea · Thai Examiner
Burmese drug kingpin with multiple identities and lives linked to massive cash seizure in Chiang Rai
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Key facts
- Noo Chen is back in headlines after ฿23 million was found in a Chiang Rai pickup
- False murder reports precede South Korea arrest as Mae Sai officers discover ฿23 million hidden in pickup
- Justice Ministry reveals Sai’s two identities and bank transactions exceeding ฿200 million in Thailand
- Civil Court orders ฿100 million cash and other assets forfeited in separate drug trafficking investigation
- Two boxes packed with ฿23 million inside a pickup at the Chiang Rai border have exposed a suspected international crime network
- Now, Thai investigators are tracing over ฿1 billion in suspected drug money laundering and ฿2.5 billion in call-centre fraud losses
Summary
### Dead in 2022. Arrested in South Korea in 2026. Noo Chen is back in headlines after ฿23 million was found in a Chiang Rai pickup. Thai investigators now trace suspected drug laundering, call-centre fraud, false identities and bank transfers overseas.
Two boxes packed with ฿23 million inside a pickup at the Chiang Rai border have exposed a suspected international crime network. At its centre is Noo Chen, a Burmese-born drug kingpin who reportedly faked his murder in 2022 before his arrest in South Korea in April 2026. Now, Thai investigators are tracing over ฿1 billion in suspected drug money laundering and ฿2.5 billion in call-centre fraud losses.
A staggering ฿23 million in cash discovered inside a pickup truck at the Chiang Rai border has exposed a transnational criminal network. At its centre is a Burmese-born drug trafficking suspect who was reported murdered in 2022 but resurfaced alive.