Two arrested for trafficking in amphetamines

PHUKET TOWN: Police on Monday arrested two young men for trafficking in amphetamines (ya bah) after an undercover operation in which they pretended to be interested in buying some of the drug. In the home the two were renting in Soi 1, Samkong Village, officers found and impounded 150 amphetamine pills. Arrested were Suchert Nunthip, 20, a student at Rajaphat Institute, and a 17-year-old unemployed youth. Police said they understood that the two bought the pills for 100 baht apiece and resold them for 120 to 150 baht each.