Mother, pregnant woman among 5 arrested for drugs in Songkhla

A young woman carrying a baby and a pregnant woman were among 5 people caught using drugs in a raid at a rented house in Songkhla’s Thepha district. Local officials and volunteers surrounded the house after receiving a tip that people were using the property to take drugs and sell methamphetamine pills (“yaba”) and crystal methamphetamine (“ya ice”) to young people in the community.

In addition to the 5 arrests, authorities seized methamphetamine pills, crystal methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The 5 were the house’s owner, 26 year old Pailin Saengthawee; 24 year old Rohanee Tiewlor; 23 year old Hafeesha Musoyaena; 26 year old Natthanicha Ongyim, and a teenage boy whose name was withheld.

Pailin was holding her 5 month old baby in her lap when she was arrested. It was learned that her husband is serving a 9 month jail term in another drug case. The husband of Rohanee, who is 8 months pregnant, is also serving a 1 year prison term for a drug conviction. Officials say all confessed to using drugs at the house regularly. They were handed over to Thepha police for further legal action.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post