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Cops nab Patong entertainment staffer allegedly selling cocaine to tourists

Patong entertainment staffer caught with cocaine, photo via The Phuket Express.

Cops nabbed a Patong entertainment staffer on Saturday who allegedly sold cocaine to tourists. Police patrolling the infamous party hotspot of Bangla Road received a tip-off from an anonymous entertainment venue operator that a staffer was selling cocaine to tourists on the road.

The police then caught the staffer, 61 year old Rueng, reportedly with three bags of cocaine weighing 1.77 grammes in total.

Patong Police and Phuket Tourist Police seized the bags, and brought Rueng to Patong Police Station to face charges of illegal possession of Category 2 drugs in Thailand, The Phuket Express reported.

Police busted Rueng just a day after another cocaine bust in Phuket. Thai police arrested an Uzbek woman at the Phuket International Airport for possession of 2.23 kilogrammes of cocaine. The Sakoo Police…

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