PUBLISHED : 19 Jul 2023 at 04:00
PHUKET: More than 1,000 drugs suspects were arrested in seven southern provinces during the “Sayob Andaman (Defeating Andaman) 7/66” operation by Provincial Police Division 8.
Pol Gen Sompong Chingduang, special adviser to the Royal Thai Police, held a press conference in Phuket yesterday to summarise the success of the recent operation, the seventh led by Provincial Police Region 8 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Surapong Thanomchit to suppress crimes involving narcotics and to destroy drug networks in popular tourist areas.
Provincial Police Region 8 covers the provinces of Chumphon, Ranong, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Pol Maj Gen Peerayut Karajedee, deputy commissioner of…
