Bangkok Post
Five tonnes of cannabis buds seized in Bangkok
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Thai police have arrested four Myanmar workers and their Vietnamese boss and seized five tonnes of cannabis buds at a rented house in Bangkok, and caught five Thais on a central plains highway with 284 kilogrammes of crystal meth.
Key facts
- Thai police have arrested four Myanmar workers and their Vietnamese boss and seized five tonnes of cannabis buds at a rented house in Bangkok, and caught five Thais on a central plains highway with 284 kilogrammes of crystal meth.
- Immigration police chief Pol Lt Gen Noppasilp Poonsawat said police raided a luxury house on Khu Bon 27 Road in Bang Khen district, Bangkok, on Monday.
- The Myanmar workers were paid 200 to 300 baht a day to sort and pack the buds, he said.
- On Sunday, police arrested five Thai men aged 21 to 44 years travelling in two vehicles on Highway 32 in Nakhon Sawan and Ayutthaya provinces.
Summary
Immigration police chief Pol Lt Gen Noppasilp Poonsawat said police raided a luxury house on Khu Bon 27 Road in Bang Khen district, Bangkok, on Monday.
They arrested a Vietnamese man and four Myanmar employees after finding five tonnes of cannabis buds on the premises. The Myanmar workers were paid 200 to 300 baht a day to sort and pack the buds, he said.