Police have dismantled the “Freedom Gang”, an online gambling network accused of trading in billions of baht worth of drugs, and claim the son of a former Songkhla politician was involved.
The gang was targeted during “Sayob Andaman” (Taking Over Andaman), the name of the police operation against drug trafficking in the South.
The breakthrough came after police arrested suspects in two drug cases late last year in Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces.
A total of 1,199kg of crystal methamphetamine was impounded in Surat Thani and those arrested were found to be members of international drug syndicates.
National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk said yesterday that one of those nabbed in Nakhon Si Thammarat was a police officer from Narathiwat who had links to the Freedom Gang.
Three other people were arrested with him and assets worth 50 million baht…
