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BRIEF: Thai police arrests six suspects in two drug bustsBANGKOK, Sep 02, 2011 (The Nation - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Thailand's National Police chief Wichean Potephosree on Thursday lauded Narcotics Suppression police for scoring two drug busts resulting in the arrests of six suspects, including three Malaysians, and the seizure of 45 kilograms of "ice" crystal methamphetamine and 80kg of marijuana. Narcotics Suppression Division 2 officers conducted a sting operation, offering to buy 100kg of marijuana for 400,000 baht (US$13,000) from a drug dealer identified as Dey in Nakhon Phanom. Police then arrested Dey's accomplice, Noi Tocho, 45, who delivered some of the drugs and was checking the banknotes,while Dey narrowly escaped. Police later searched Dey's home and found 58kg of marijuana. Operatives from Narcotics Suppression Police 3 and Provincial Police Region 9 caught three Malaysian men and two Thai women in Songkhla's Sadao district while allegedly trying to transport 45kg of crystal meth worth 145 million baht (US$4.8 million) to Malaysia. The five suspects maintained their innocence. ___ (c)2011 the Asia News Network (Hamburg, Germany) Visit the Asia News Network (Hamburg, Germany) at www.asianewsnet.net/home/ Distributed by MCT Information Services |