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Man charged with smuggling drug money to Myanmar

Withaya sae Ma, 24, is arrested at his house in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai, on Friday morning for allegedly smuggling drug-cash to meth producers in Myanmar. (Photo supplied)

CHIANG RAI: A man has been arrested and charged with smuggling more than 500 million baht in drug money from Thailand to Myanmar using a courier service over the past year.

Withaya sae Ma, 24, was apprehended at his house in Moo 6 village of tambon Mae Sai in Mae Sai district on Friday morning.

Pol Lt Gen Sarayut Sa-nguanphokhai, commissioner of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, said the suspect was part owner of a courier service that was allegedly used to smuggle cash acquired through drug sales to producers in Myanmar. The courier service charged 3,000…

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