webfact Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 "ASEAN's most wanted drug lord" taken down at Bangkok airport Picture: Daily News BANGKOK: -- A Laotian man that Thai police say is the region's most wanted drug lord was arrested at Suvarabhumi airport yesterday. Chaichana Kaewphimpha, 41, was apprehended by a force of 100 drugs suppression officers and police as he attempted to leave the departure lounge after returning from a trip to Phuket. Also arrested were a male friend and two females in his party. Sommai Kongwisaisuk of the drugs suppression division said it had taken five years for the cops to get their hands on the kingpin who is the most wanted drugs dealer in ASEAN, reports Daily News. Sommai said that he is the figure behind 50 other arrests of drug mules in cases totally the importation into Thailand of 5 million Ya Ba tablets. He is in the same league as Thai muslim drug lord Usaman operating in the southern border provinces and Laotam Saenlee who was arrested in the far north along with many family members last year. Sommai said that no one had managed to get near the suspect before and that he was a master at avoiding detection and capture. The suspect has no known convictions for drugs. He is believed to have entered Thailand in a border crossing in the north east before taking a holiday in Phuket. There is expected to be a press conference about the capture in which more details will be given. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-01-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Look forward to some serious pointing at that press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alation Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Let's just hope that he and his associates get the correct penalty as I have no doubt that there would have been several deaths associated with the drugs he has gotten into the countryover that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 No known conviction... A fine and suspended sentence is the common for Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Great headline....but really, that's all it is, as there are plenty of others out there just the same as this guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgbb Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, trogers said: No known conviction... A fine and suspended sentence is the common for Thailand. A non-suspended sentence, huge fine and asset seizure is more common for serious drug offences of this magnitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassep Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Only making room for another to fill his shoes. The world has had "drugs" for millennia, and outlawing them has NEVER worked. Think prohibition. And yes alchohol kills hundreds of thousands ever year all over the world and is legal almost everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammbock Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Why is this guy so stupid to take a regular flight to Phuket? Isn't he a master at avoiding detection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Why is this guy so stupid to take a regular flight to Phuket? Isn't he a master at avoiding detection?Apparently his false moustache fell off in immigration !!Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I suppose that means a price hike... bugger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 54 minutes ago, zorro1 said: Good work! "was apprehended by a force of 100 drugs suppression officers" Over the top or shooting fish in a barrel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLang Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I hope they actually have some evidence against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 "was apprehended by a force of 100 drugs suppression officers" Over the top or shooting fish in barrel?dNot at all, it's a deterrent. you must remember he is in a public area and could easily have several body guards stationed stratically armed to the teeth, a bloody gun fight is preferable to life in the Hilton . USA uses 20 swat team members for similar arrests, less but better trained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Too many vuittons. Not a good idea. I can see them getting replaced by fake ones at the police station soon. The mia noi of commander somchai has been breaking his b@lls for years now. Finally she will get what she's been doing it for all the time!!! ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandemara Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 What, if any, laws apply in Thailand relating to sub judice statements - these are laws that prohibit anyone providing information about alleged criminal activities by a person before they've been before a court where any so-called "evidence" can be tested for veracity or proven to be false? After all the grandiose claims of a member of the highly-esteemed Thai Police Force are highlighted as the gospel truth (we know police never tell lies, especially in Thailand), the news report concedes that this alleged Kingpin of Drug Crimes has not been convicted once of any charge. How should the news media handle responsible coverage of criminal activity, and do it with integrity, in what appears to be a police state? Why should any news media believe anything a police spokesman says when it's obvious that in so many instances in the past the authorities have had little regard for the truth? I don't know the person arrested, nor do have any particular bias about drug offences. I just object to being fed BS by any news media that seems prepared to swallow crap fed to it and repeat it as endorsed "truth" without any apparent checking or taking responsibility for the true value of the information apart from its potential to "thrill" a jaded target audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulday Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Took them 5 years ? Well perhaps then dearest General should invoke S44 to uncover exactly why the RTP/RTA allowed it to happen. Of course it won't happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, zorro1 said: Not at all, it's a deterrent. you must remember he is in a public area and could easily have several body guards stationed stratically armed to the teeth, a bloody gun fight is preferable to life in the Hilton . USA uses 20 swat team members for similar arrests, less but better trained Glad we have such a compete TVF CSI team here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxpwzrd Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, PatOngo said: Look forward to some serious pointing at that press conference. And some extra floor space for all the "brass" that will want in the shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 He's "most wanted" in ASEAN by who? The article doesn't say. Are there Thai arrest warrants out for the guy? Are there other country warrants out for him that would be handled thru INTERPOL? The one thing the article does say is he has no known convictions. IF "he is the figure behind 50 other arrests of drug mules in cases totally the importation into Thailand of 5 million Ya Ba tablets," then presumably the Thai police have some proof of that sufficient to gain the issuance of local arrest warrants??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickmouse1 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 My goodness, 100 Thai policemen to arrest a Lao man right inside the airport lounge???? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Glad we have such a compete TVF CSI team here!Use your brain, Just common sense dude. 10 cops can become easily ambushed by his team of thugs if he is indeed a drug lord or did you expect a starsky and hutch duo to take to take him down? [emoji108] why do you you think El cheapo was flown by private jet and not cattle class.. Take your time to think about it.. Thank goodness TV dummies are not making the arrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Morakot said: "was apprehended by a force of 100 drugs suppression officers" Over the top or shooting fish in a barrel? remember the work of 10 Thais can be done by one man normally, it needs 5 just to check their phones and one to do the arrest.......... the other four are asleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, DLang said: I hope they actually have some evidence against him. they will when they have finished torturing him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFLKrabi Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, whatawonderfulday said: Took them 5 years ? Well perhaps then dearest General should invoke S44 to uncover exactly why the RTP/RTA allowed it to happen. Of course it won't happen Ever considered it took 5 years to get sufficient and biding evidence so that they have a case against him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, alation said: Let's just hope that he and his associates get the correct penalty as I have no doubt that there would have been several deaths associated with the drugs he has gotten into the countryover that time. 4x 500 baht fines and bail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, trogers said: No known conviction... A fine and suspended sentence is the common for Thailand. Not for foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, gdgbb said: A non-suspended sentence, huge fine and asset seizure is more common for serious drug offences of this magnitude. Well done Sherlock Holmes. A pat on the back for u. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 He will be out on bail by Monday....B500 fine! (B10,000,000 payoff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 He is toast, I say well done. What is it on this forum that most just cannot just agree with the good work Thais do sometimes??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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