Police raids bust 319 drug rings
published : 21 Mar 2023 at 12:41
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
Police conducted raids in over 600 locations in Thailand's southern provinces on Monday, arresting more than 200 suspects and confiscating property worth 17.4 million baht.
Police raided 609 locations targeting 319 drug rings in Songkhla, Trang, Satun, Phatthalung, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.
The raids covered 227 drug cases and apprehended 235 suspects.
Police also confiscated 320,829 methamphetamine pills, 4.75 grammes of methamphetamine, 4.81 grammes of heroin and 29 guns.
Police had earlier arrested members from four main drug traffickers in the South, which include two gangs in Songkhla, one gang in Phatthalung and the other in Yala.
Vocabulary
- apprehended (verb): caught; arrested; caught by the police - ถูกจับ, โดนจับกุม
- arrest: (of the police) taking someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - การจับกุม
- confiscate: to officially remove someone’s possessions for legal reasons or as a punishment - ยึดทรัพย์
- raid: to forcefully and suddenly enter a place to catch criminals or to search for something like drugs - ใช้กำลังเข้าค้นสถานที่หรือ จับกุมคนร้าย
- ring: a group of people involved in an activity, especially an illegal one - กลุ่มคณะ
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
- trafficker: someone in the business of buying and selling things illegally or of illegally transporting people for work in other countries or areas - ผู้ลักลอบค้าสินค้าผิดกฎหมายหรือลักลอบขายแรงงานผิดกฎหมาย
