Thalang & Chalong drug arrests

Thalang police arrested two Phuket men with 4,000 methamphetamine pills whilst Chalong police were busy arresting a man from Surat Thani with 3,474 methamphetamine pills along with 109 grams of crystal methamphetamine. The two cases have an estimated street value in excess of 2 million baht.

On December 8, Thalang police arrested 24 year old Jirapat Samranrat and 24 year old Premruedee Tiratantikul with 12 bags of crystal methamphetamine and 4,199 methamphetamine pills together with drug-making paraphernalia. Both of them were arrested at a house in the Srisunthorn sub-district, Thalang.

Meanwhile, yesterday (December 9) Chalong police arrested 36 year old Pairat Yaso with 3,474 methamphetamine pills worth about 868,500 bath and 109.16 grams of crystal methamphetamine worth about 218,320 baht. He was arrested in a house in Soi Hoysang, Chalong.

The arrest followed a routine police patrol on a motorbike in Soi Thanuthep who saw a suspicious man on a motorbike. He asked the man to stop to check him but the man fled on the motorbike. Police followed him to Soi Hoysang and saw the man run inside a house. A Police team encircled the house and managed to arrest the man with the drugs.