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Chiang Rai drug suspect arrested with 500,000 'speed' pills
CHIANG RAI, Oct 28 (TNA) - A local administration officer in this northern province was arrested Wednesday with 500,000 amphetamine pills as Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban instructed security personnel to tighten security along the Thai-Myanmar border to prevent drug trafficking.
Panya Sithong, 40, a member of local administration of Ngiew subdistrict in Chiang Rai's Thoeng district was arrested, while he was about to delivering the drugs to his client in the provincial seat Tuesday night.
Police accused Mr Panya of being a member of drugs trafficking network of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), an ethnic minority army along the Myanmar-Thai border.
Mr Suthep, on a mission to inspect the drugs situation in the northern province, said he instructed security agencies to step up security along the border to stem drugs influx from neighbouring Myanmar to Thailand.
In the wake of a major crackdown of the Myanmar junta on ethnic minority groups, Mr Suthep said, the minorities military and militia forces need money for ammunition for their looming battle with the Myanmar armed forces, they are forced to release drugs to neighbouring countries to collect funds to buy weapons and ammunition.
Mr Suthep said the government will install more drug scanners along the Thai-Myanmar border to detecting drugs smuggling across the border. (TNA)
Panya Sithong, 40, a member of local administration of Ngiew subdistrict in Chiang Rai's Thoeng district was arrested, while he was about to delivering the drugs to his client in the provincial seat Tuesday night.
Police accused Mr Panya of being a member of drugs trafficking network of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), an ethnic minority army along the Myanmar-Thai border.
Mr Suthep, on a mission to inspect the drugs situation in the northern province, said he instructed security agencies to step up security along the border to stem drugs influx from neighbouring Myanmar to Thailand.
In the wake of a major crackdown of the Myanmar junta on ethnic minority groups, Mr Suthep said, the minorities military and militia forces need money for ammunition for their looming battle with the Myanmar armed forces, they are forced to release drugs to neighbouring countries to collect funds to buy weapons and ammunition.
Mr Suthep said the government will install more drug scanners along the Thai-Myanmar border to detecting drugs smuggling across the border. (TNA)
