Foreigners arrested at Bangkok drug party
published : 14 Aug 2023 at 09:55
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Police raided a luxury house in Saphan Sung district of Bangkok on Friday and found nine foreigners, drugs and a gun.
Police searched the house at a housing estate in Thab Chang area on Friday afternoon.
They found seven men and two women, all foreign nationals, inside the house, where a drug party was taking place. The suspects were two Malaysian men, five Chinese (three men and two women), one Vietnamese man and a man from Myanmar.
Seized from the house were ketamine, 24 tablets of the so-called "five-five" drugs also known as Erimin 5, and a gun, police said.
The raid came after the police received a complaint from residents at the housing estate that parties with loud music were often held at this house.
All nine foreigners were taken to Bang Chan police station for legal action.
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- complaint: when someone says that something is wrong or not satisfactory - การบ่น, ข้อที่ไม่พอใจ
- housing estate: an area containing a large number of houses or apartments built close together at the same time - หมู่บ้านจัดสรร, บ้านจัดสรร
- ketamine (noun): a drug that causes a lack of feeling in the body -
- legal action: the process of going to court to have something decided officially by law -
- national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
- raid: to forcefully and suddenly enter a place to catch criminals or to search for something like drugs - ใช้กำลังเข้าค้นสถานที่หรือ จับกุมคนร้าย
- seize: to take something using official power and force - จับกุม
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
