Boonlua Chatree
A South African man traveling under two names and two
passports has been arrested with a large cache of heroin, ecstasy,
methamphetamines and other drugs.
Silver’s wife Rojna has
been arrested for distributing illicit drugs.
Kurt David Silver, aka David Anthony England, was
arrested at his Ngam Charoen Village townhouse by Chonburi Provincial
Police March 12. Inside the house, officers found 139 g. of crystal
methamphetamine, 200 ya ba tablets, 5.6 g. of ecstasy, 23.9 g. in heroin
sticks, 2.5 g. in crushed heroin, 11.8 g. of crushed ketamine, a box of
Terumo Insulin syringes and a water bottle stuffed with 200 empty
capsules for filling the crushed drugs.
The raid came after a tip that Silver allegedly was
part of a ring selling drugs throughout Pattaya. Police claim Silver
confessed, saying the drugs belonged to a John Alexander Heaton, a
member of a British organized crime gang who imported narcotics from the
United Arab Emirates.
Kurt David Silver was
allegedly distributing illicit drugs throughout Pattaya.
Heaton fled his Royal Greenpark Village before police
later searched it. The Transnational Crime Coordination Center is
currently searching for him and police said they believe Heaton is still
in the kingdom.
Maj. Gen. Jumnong Rattanakul of the Chonburi Police
Station said several days of planning went into Silver’s arrest.
Investigators claim they determined that Silver and his wife Rojna
delivered drugs on Heaton’s behalf.
Silver was booked on numerous narcotics possession
and distribution charges.
