Police arrest Thai woman found with 210 million baht worth of drugs in her car

[elgordo38]

Too bad they could not have let her continue to the destination and then see what transpired, using a tracking device. Maybe they might have caught a bigger player than the mule with the nice Camry ?

After she was stopped no doubt somebody in the roadblock made a call ahead. Yes a tracking device would have been a good idea. After "interrogation" I am sure she will talk but the bigger player would have packed up and disappeared by then.

[jerome2]

First offence ...freed

anyway when it pass 7 zeros anywhere the law dont apply

[gp2002]

Is that Magnum P.I. in the Hawaiian shirt?

[off road pat]

They just happened to find the secret compartment in the bumper.

Tip off, sacrifice.

Tip of ? highly possible,....sacrifice ? don't think so, 120 mil. is to much to sacrifice....usually a mule is sacrificed to let a bigger lot pass....120 million is a big lot.....!!!

This said, I'm not a specialist......just my 2 bits worth...

Regards,..

[off road pat]

There are some honest drug dealers, she admitted doing it twice before, That's her life ended today, why did they not set up a follow her operation and catch the main ones

Because following her could lead to really big fish (could be there own bosses for instance) and this could mean opening a really big can of worms.....they don't want that....the results could be unforeseeable.......

Just wild guessing here.....!!!

regards.

[connda]

That doesn't look like $7 million worth of drugs. Maybe 2.1 million THB at the street level, maybe. I'm amazed that the focus of drugs busts seem to be so news worthy here. Right up there with skin whitening cream and celebrities.

[Beng]

Did it took 14 police officers to stop 1 car?

No. this is called a freak show.

[sabaii69]

Did it took 14 police officers to stop 1 car?

One to stop the car, 30 to take credit

[gemguy]

Too bad they could not have let her continue to the destination and then see what transpired, using a tracking device. Maybe they might have caught a bigger player than the mule with the nice Camry ?

But if they did that the trail would lead back to police officers, local government officials and wealthy, influential businessmen.

Yes....while you never see the announcement of a larger player being paraded in front of the media.

Always the end users or the mules or the small time drug dealers while the police applaud themselves for their police acumen.

Of course any arrest helps....but we have all been waiting and hoping for the police to do the obvious.

Cheers

[blackcab]

ALL of those packages fit into the bumper of a Toyota Camry?

Sure. Check this out:

[Toknarok]

Must be a massive market for these pills somewhere. Nearly 2,5 million pills she alone has transported

She was heading to Hat Yai. The drugs may well have been destined for Malaysia.

[gemguy]

There are some honest drug dealers, she admitted doing it twice before, That's her life ended today, why did they not set up a follow her operation and catch the main ones

As pointed out before ...when and if the police ( at this level ) follow up, they quickly learn it is other police officers involved and or influential people ( government officials ) in various drug source jurisdictions with police protection and often military personal involved while you would be considered stepping on other peoples toes, so to speak, and or you are interfering with matters that do not concern you and or told to back off and drop the investigation.

Meantime...the creative methods in which they produce the illegal narcotics makes for interesting reading while there is no one big illegal production factory pumping out the narcotics rather there are many, many small players that can be sacrificed or ignored should they be exposed or caught by the relevant authorities....some who are actual trying to stem the continual flow of addictive recreational use narcotics.

How much of the narcotics is for local use verse how much is being smuggled to other countries is also an interesting aspect of production volumes verse consumption volumes and where exactly the Thai manufactured illicit recreational purpose drugs end up being consumed.

Some reports point out there is an increased amount of the narcotics being smuggled to Malaysia and then a notable increase in the amount available in Singapore in recent years.

It seems the Singaporeans also want to party hardy and get high on Yaa Baa and other recreational use drugs and if the country had lax laws on marijuana you can be assured there would be a significant percent of them smoking da dope because they sure like to drink as much as everyone else so that alone indicates there is a market for deemed to be illicit drugs while the Singaporeans would pay much more for the drugs if and when available, making it worth while for some people or smuggling organizations that would be inclined to smuggle and distribute the drugs in Singapore and or Indonesia.

The profits are very, very lucrative regardless of the harsh laws in both countries.

Cheers

[Stargeezr]

Another drug mule caught and arrested, and that is too bad.

I agree with the comment of put on a tracking device, have

her drive to her destination and arrest the big time local

drug lord. I also believe that the Drug lord may be a local

big wig at Hat Yai, and that would create a big problem for the

police force to deal with. Worse it could have involved some politician

or some other important person of Hat Yai, so better to just stop

and arrest a mule. Easy for picture opportunity, and another good

day on the job.

[tookwan cottage]

And how much was she paid to do these drug runs I wonder? few thousand baht and petrol money? The risk doesn't seem worth it.

Amazes me how often people ask such stupid questions! Can you not read, or just not be bothered? Direct quote from the article:-

" saying she had been paid 300,000 baht to transport the drugs from Chiang Mai to Hat Yai, and that she completed the same trip on two previous occasions."

You do realize that others already pointed this out long ago, thereby making you and your issue with people who do not bother to read, or who ask "stupid questions," the stupid and foolish? Surely, you saw those earlier responses, right?

[sambum]

And how much was she paid to do these drug runs I wonder? few thousand baht and petrol money? The risk doesn't seem worth it.

Amazes me how often people ask such stupid questions! Can you not read, or just not be bothered? Direct quote from the article:-

" saying she had been paid 300,000 baht to transport the drugs from Chiang Mai to Hat Yai, and that she completed the same trip on two previous occasions."

You do realize that others already pointed this out long ago, thereby making you and your issue with people who do not bother to read, or who ask "stupid questions," the stupid and foolish? Surely, you saw those earlier responses, right?

My apologies - I had just spent a long time trawling through a lot of posts re the Koh Tao affair, and was getting a bit tired, so skipped a lot of the earlier replies to this topic. However, I don't consider that that makes me "the stupid and foolish" and my point is still valid - some posters don't read the facts before asking a question that has already been answered!

[cookee68]

There are some honest drug dealers, she admitted doing it twice before, That's her life ended today, why did they not set up a follow her operation and catch the main ones

Because following her could lead to really big fish (could be there own bosses for instance) and this could mean opening a really big can of worms.....they don't want that....the results could be unforeseeable.......

Just wild guessing here.....!!!

regards.

possibly right

[cookee68]

There are some honest drug dealers, she admitted doing it twice before, That's her life ended today, why did they not set up a follow her operation and catch the main ones

As pointed out before ...when and if the police ( at this level ) follow up, they quickly learn it is other police officers involved and or influential people ( government officials ) in various drug source jurisdictions with police protection and often military personal involved while you would be considered stepping on other peoples toes, so to speak, and or you are interfering with matters that do not concern you and or told to back off and drop the investigation.

Meantime...the creative methods in which they produce the illegal narcotics makes for interesting reading while there is no one big illegal production factory pumping out the narcotics rather there are many, many small players that can be sacrificed or ignored should they be exposed or caught by the relevant authorities....some who are actual trying to stem the continual flow of addictive recreational use narcotics.

How much of the narcotics is for local use verse how much is being smuggled to other countries is also an interesting aspect of production volumes verse consumption volumes and where exactly the Thai manufactured illicit recreational purpose drugs end up being consumed.

Some reports point out there is an increased amount of the narcotics being smuggled to Malaysia and then a notable increase in the amount available in Singapore in recent years.

It seems the Singaporeans also want to party hardy and get high on Yaa Baa and other recreational use drugs and if the country had lax laws on marijuana you can be assured there would be a significant percent of them smoking da dope because they sure like to drink as much as everyone else so that alone indicates there is a market for deemed to be illicit drugs while the Singaporeans would pay much more for the drugs if and when available, making it worth while for some people or smuggling organizations that would be inclined to smuggle and distribute the drugs in Singapore and or Indonesia.

The profits are very, very lucrative regardless of the harsh laws in both countries.

Cheers

So very true

[deckape]

Did it took 14 police officers to stop 1 car?

Yeah...and an emcee with a flashy shirt too. It's showtime!

[GOLDBUGGY]

300,000bht divided by 25years = 12000bht

Considering she's going to get a large bowl of rice porridge 25 yrs. seems about right.

12,000 bht a year, triple it to take into consideration her extra haulage dividends, she is going to be a 75 yr old woman before she gets out. By which time her 900,000 bht will just about buy her a bowl of rice porridge.

The irony is staggering.

Som Nom Na

I like your calculations and the point you are trying to make but I do think you are being overly generous with her sentence.

A British Guy recently was given 50 years for having only 210 Yaba Pills he admitted he was trying to sell otherwise he would have been given 100 years. I can't see her getting less then that when in Thailand the type and amount of drugs you have plays a role in your sentencing. To me she looks like a Lifer.

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[Maggusoil]

good catch by the BIB , but couldn't they have got more police in the photo ? and why are they not pointing to her ?

Yes. Disap'point'ing indeed. 14 police and not one finger. How could they?

[Seastallion]

good catch by the BIB , but couldn't they have got more police in the photo ? and why are they not pointing to her ?

Photo op....call all officers away from law enforcement, this is too good to miss.

[gk10002000]

Toyota Camry, one compartment held all that? Maybe. Now tell us the real details. Who did she get the drugs from. Who was she delivering it to?

[Lumyai]

I see in the comments the assumption that this woman will serve 25 years, while Men often get 99 years or death for a similar crime. Seems there is sexism in the system if that is what is happening here.

[khundon]

With that much drugs in the rear bumper, the police got suspicious because the front wheels were a foot off the ground.

She should have smuggled a few kilos of gold as well in her front wheels.

She would have been home and dry now.

Why, every time these mules are caught, do they always confess to other crimes that the BIB don't know about. Oh, sorry, I forgot, they are idiots.

[oldsailor35]

Too bad they could not have let her continue to the destination and then see what transpired, using a tracking device. Maybe they might have caught a bigger player than the mule with the nice Camry ?

You've gotta be kidding. This is Thailand. Ideas like that are too complicated for the RTP to think of .

[oldsailor35]

Who are the dumbest here. Do the RTP really expect us to believe that all that stuff was hidden in the bumper of a Camry. They are just moronic liars, and definately idiots as well.

[kaorop]

Too bad they could not have let her continue to the destination and then see what transpired, using a tracking device. Maybe they might have caught a bigger player than the mule with the nice Camry ?

Funny how that NEVER plays out that way?

[beowolf2012]

300,000bht divided by 25years = 12000bht

Considering she's going to get a large bowl of rice porridge 25 yrs. seems about right.

12,000 bht a year, triple it to take into consideration her extra haulage dividends, she is going to be a 75 yr old woman before she gets out. By which time her 900,000 bht will just about buy her a bowl of rice porridge.

The irony is staggering.

Som Nom Na

Are you sure?

With so much drug. I think she will get death penalty

[ableguy]

And how much was she paid to do these drug runs I wonder? few thousand baht and petrol money? The risk doesn't seem worth it.

Can you read ?

[GAZZPA]

Too bad they could not have let her continue to the destination and then see what transpired, using a tracking device. Maybe they might have caught a bigger player than the mule with the nice Camry ?

But if they did that the trail would lead back to police officers, local government officials and wealthy, influential businessmen.

its a beautiful scam. arrest this lady, show the public how amazing you are because you have just taken a load of drugs out of the market. she gets locked up, the evidence is recorded as "destroyed" but within a week its back on the market and everyones earning cash again.