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Massive international drug bust in Phra Khanong district

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Officers from the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) and Immigration Police arrested a Nigerian national, along with eight other suspects linked to a sprawling drug trafficking network.

The bust unfolded at Pavilion Mansion, Udomsuk 49 Alley, Bang Chak district, Phra Khanong, Bangkok.

A total of nine individuals including 40 year old Nigerian national, identified only as Fabian, were apprehended, with a cache of US dollars and counterfeit money seized. The evidence was taken for further investigation.

Facing charges of conspiring to traffic type 1 narcotics (cocaine) and manufacturing counterfeit foreign currency, the accused risk life imprisonment and fines ranging from 200,000 to 400,000 baht. Police Lieutenant General Kirisak Tantivachai, NSB Commissioner, declared the success of Operation Mouse Hunt 2, aiming to dismantle 100 drug trafficking…

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