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Myanmar hands over ‘most wanted’ drug suspect

Myanmar hands over ‘most wanted’ drug suspect

Wanted in two major drug cases, ‘Bang Lai’ had escaped a Thai jail once before and fled to Myanmar

Drug suspect Thawatchai “Bang Lai” Aomchompoo is interrogated by Narcotics Suppression Bureau officers on Friday. (Photo supplied)

Myanmar police on Friday handed over one of Thailand’s most wanted drug suspects Thawatchai Aomchompoo, alias Bang Lai, to their Thai counterparts.

Mr Thawatchai had been hiding and operating a drug smuggling network in Tachileik, the Myanmar border town opposite Chiang Saen district of Chiang Rai, according to the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB).

Wanted by Thai police in at least two major cases,…

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