Police seem to be having
fun cuffing suspected ya ba dealer Khathawuth Phirompong.
Patcharapol Panrak
A Huay Yai man was arrested for allegedly running a seven-man
drug-dealing operation out of his house and paying his employees in
methamphetamines.
Khathawuth Phirompong, 31, and alleged partner Dumrong Bunsingh, 29,
were taken into custody by Sattahip District Chief Phawat Lertmukda and
National Command Center for Drugs officers June 4. Police seized 23 ya
ba pills and 200 baht cash.
Investigators subsequently arrested Ritkrai Thumwong, 19, Luekrai
Phudphong, 29, Thawatchai Deeduangphan, 29, Aphicart Kewratyaeng, 29,
Wannarong Nantho, 33, Somrat Thupkruab, 37, and Suphachai Khangkhum, 47,
on drug use charges after all failed urine tests.
Police had sent an undercover officer to the Huay Yai house to buy five
methamphetamine tablets. Police sprung into action once money was
exchanged.
Police said Khathawuth confessed to buying drugs to resell from a prison
inmate Dumrong knew. The seven drug suspects, all employees, said they
were paid with one ya ba tablet a day.
