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Teens 'steal motorbikes to buy drugs'

Published: 2 Oct 2012 at 20.44
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SAMUT PRAKAN - A group of seven young men were arrested for allegedly stealing motorcycles and parts to raise cash to buy methamphetamine pills, police said on Tuesday.

Police seized 15 stolen motorcycles.

One of the suspects told investigators that they usually stole motorcycles parked in the dark.

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buster
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Discussion 5 : 03 Oct 2012 at 02.145
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who bought these motorcycles from them.
how were they dispersed of and by whom
legeslation plates---ownership papers...forgery....who
and why aren't they among the culprits showdown in public.?

cheap....Thais love it....no matter where it comes from.
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Discussion 4 : 02 Oct 2012 at 23.434
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14 individuals in the picture, 2 suspects and 8 are uniformed police officers for the photo shoot. Worry less about having pictures taken and just address the problems. These "youths'" must have had a small piece of the pie since 3k per bike probably wouldn't satisfy for long. Next it would be higher profile and perhaps peopletargeted. Yaba, an absolute problem that doesn't seem to diminish even with all of the recent stories of busts with huge numbers of drugs grabbed. When is the next public disposal of the captured drugs scheduled?
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Discussion 3 : 02 Oct 2012 at 22.213
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@ Discussion 1 (yik):

Me too, I am too old to know the prices and effects of illicit drugs.

But I do know that 45,000 baht is about the price for one new motorbike.

So, people buying a motorbike at 3,000 baht most probably know what is going on.
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Discussion 2 : 02 Oct 2012 at 22.192
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I am shocked..The Samut Prakan police are actually working? Keep it up guys.. More drug arrests and gang clean up please, the district is riddled with it.
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Discussion 1 : 02 Oct 2012 at 21.051
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"15 stolen motorcycles" @ 3'000 Baht = 45'000 Baht. Can anybody in the audience halp me: how much 'Yaba' could be bounght and how much 'joy' could one have with that? (guess, I am really getting to old for this world ...)
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