Narcotics Control Board, June 7 – The Narcotics Control Board together with the Royal Thai Police and Immigration Bureau announced the arrest of a major Vietnamese drug trafficker. Escaped an arrest warrant and came to live in Thailand. They caught it at a luxury condo in the middle of the city.
Police Lieutenant General Panurat Lakboon, Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board (Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board), along with Mr. Parin Mekanan, Director of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, Narcotics Control Board. S., Pol. Maj. Gen. Thanit Thaiwatcharamas, Deputy Commander of the Technology Crime Investigation Bureau. Performing duties at the Immigration Bureau and Pol. Col. Keeratisak Kong Kiattisiri, Deputy Commander of the Immigration Division 1, announced the arrest of a prominent Vietnamese drug trafficker, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Thad, who fled an arrest warrant and came to live in Thailand. At a luxury condo in the middle of Bangkok
Police Lieutenant General Panurat said that the Offic
e of the Narcotics Control Board has been coordinated by the Narcotics Control Police Department. Ministry of Public Security (Counter Narcotics Police Department, Ministry of Public Security) to track down Vietnam’s most important drug trafficker, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Thad, who has escaped to Thailand. This suspect had the behavior of ordering people in the network to produce drugs. and uses his wife to take care of financial transactions
Previously, in September 2022, Hanoi police officers The results of the arrest of 7 suspects have been extended along with the seized hay soaked in the drug ADB-Butinaca (synthetic cannabinoid). According to the Thai Drug Code, it is considered Psychotropic substances in category 1, amounting to 200 kilograms, all seven suspects testified that they were connected to the person who ordered them, namely Mr. Nguyen Tuan Thad. Upon further investigation, it was found that The wife has a habit of helping and conducting various financial transactions and has a history of traveling in
and out of Thailand. During April 2024
Police Lieutenant General Panurat also said that after the Office of the Narcotics Control Board received coordination from the Vietnamese authorities. Therefore ordered The ONCB follows up on the investigation. In cooperation with the Immigration Bureau To further expand the investigation, it was discovered that Mr. Nguyen Tuan Thad used a visa to work in Thailand. The ONCB therefore hastened to investigate the said facts. Until it was possible to verify the identity of the person under the arrest warrant, their residence, as well as finding that the person under the arrest warrant was not engaged in an occupation as specified in the visa. In addition, he is an alien who has stayed in the Kingdom contrary to the rules for requesting a continued stay because he is requesting to stay as a laborer. Immigration Office Therefore proceed to cancel the visa immediately. And on the same day, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board joined with the Immigration Bureau. and offi
cers of the Vietnam Drug Fighting Police Department Planned to carry out the arrest of Mr. Nguyen Tuan Thad at a later time
Source: Thai News Agency