All three were charged with
possession and distribution of Class 1 narcotics.
Boonlua Chatree
Police seized about 5 grams of crystal methamphetamines
and 74 ya ba tablets in the arrests of three alleged members of a local
drug-dealing network.
Boonthom Withet, 42; Suwan Seekhum, 36; and Aakhom
Ungthawee, 28, were taken in the custody during separate arrests March 15.
The arrests came following a police informant’s tip that
a drug deal would occur on Pratamnak Soi 4. Officers arrived to find
Boonthom allegedly waiting for a customer. On her police said they found
0.81 g. of ya ice and 3 methamphetamine tablets.
Interrogating her, police said they learned Seekhum was
allegedly dealing meth on Soi Khopai. They found and arrested him, seizing
1.47 g. of crystal meth and four ya ba pills.
Further interrogation lead to Aakhom, who was alleged to
be a much larger dealer. A sting set up at the Classic Inn Hotel on
Thepprasit Soi 2 resulted in his arrest and the seizure of 2.06 g. of ice
and 67 ya ba tablets.
All three were charged with possession and distribution
of Class 1 narcotics.
