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Nigerians, Thais busted for cocaine ring

Officers question a Nigerian man being held on suspicion of involvement in transnational cocaine trafficking. He is one of five people — three Nigerians and two Thais — who were arrested. (Photo supplied: Wassayos Ngamkham)

Three Nigerians and Two Thais have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in transnational cocaine trafficking.

Police confiscated 413.3 grammes of cocaine worth more than 1 million baht when they made the arrests. They were jointly conducted by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), immigration police, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) and soldiers.

The three Nigerian men were identified as Daniel Onyekachukwu Ngwu, 40, Alfred Divine Chika, 38, and Gabriel Obidimma Obiechefu, 37. The two Thais were 43-year-old Kanyarat Hawakot and a 25-year-old man, Assadawut…

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