10 held in city drug swoop

Police arrested 10 alleged members of a drug network and seized assets worth at least 8 million baht during a raid yesterday at a community in Bangkok’s Sai Mai district.

Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) officers raided 22 premises in Sai Mai Romyen at 10am and, in addition to the arrests, impounded a commercial building, a townhouse, three cars, two motorcycles, some gold and 31,380 baht cash with a combined estimated value of 8,060,380 baht, according to Pol Maj Gen Pornpithak Ruyuenyong, commander of the NSB’s sub-division 1.

The raid followed the earlier arrest of a member of the “Seh Wei” drug gang and the seizure of 111,829 methamphetamine pills, 52 grammes of crystal meth and 26 ecstasy pills, Pol Maj Gen Pornpithak told media.

The gang used the name “Seh”, a title given to senior officers in the army, to create an image of credibility, he said.

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