Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Yaba drug mule caught in Mahasarakham with 16,000 pills in a shopping bag Thaivisa Reporters MAHASARAKHAM:-- Police arrested a Laos native for delivering a large quantity of Ya Ba in a decorative "rainbow" carrier bag on Friday. The man, who said he was paid 50,000 baht to deliver the amphetamines, was nabbed as he stood waiting near the Mahasarakham market. Officers led by Korkiat Wonsumet of the Mahasarakham police who have been on the heels of a gang distributing drugs in the region since last month lay in wait and arrested Somphet (alias Sombat) Phetsalart,48, a native of Suwanakhet standing at an ATM next to an entrance of the "Expo" market. They searched him finding the stash of pills, a Laos passport and mobile phone.....and the decorative and ubiquitous shopping bag. Police have been on the trail of a Laos woman mastermind known only as "Jae" who hires mules to deliver the drugs to customers in Thailand. Investigators discovered that Somphet picked up the drugs in Nakhon Panom for delivery to Mahasarakham. Source: Daily News -- 2016-03-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiduncankk Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Another fine photoshoot for the BIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxninja Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Feel sorry for him , life over for a few baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uthaithanirules Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Feel sorry for him , life over for a few baht. The yaba/ice/meth epidemic around the world is pretty nasty Wish my home country would be tougher on traffickers, its wiping out whole towns Yaba probably the most likely cause of percieved increase in violence reported by TVF members This guy, totally screwed now, for what, 50,000 B, go sell some trinkets at market or something like everyone else He knew what he was carrying, what it does to people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjn Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I know quite a few of those guys one is a relation.Very good men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 ....as for the people behind it all...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuanku Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 ....as for the people behind it all...... That's why they remain "behind it all". Its safer and more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabula Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hunger and at times addiction force a horrible outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Feel sorry for him , life over for a few baht. The yaba/ice/meth epidemic around the world is pretty nasty Wish my home country would be tougher on traffickers, its wiping out whole towns Yaba probably the most likely cause of percieved increase in violence reported by TVF members This guy, totally screwed now, for what, 50,000 B, go sell some trinkets at market or something like everyone else He knew what he was carrying, what it does to people The main ingredients for yaba are coming from china, massive problem with this in NZ and the main culprits are Chinese mafia importing the main ingredients and local gangs working with them. If they can smuggle it into NZ in large amounts then it's open country here. You can buy the main ingredients in huge quantities over the counter in China even though it is supposed to be restricted to a small amount. Tiffy sold here has the ingredient in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Have they ever thought of using one of these mules work with the police in catching the people higher up or is that asking too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpedo1970 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Good work, but as always it stops there? how about going up the food chain for once? If they worked little harder, maybe they could get some more people in the photo?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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