A 17-year-old was arrested and methamphetamine pills, crystal meth, ecstasy and ketamine worth around 100 million baht in all seized at an apartment building in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district on Wednesday night.
The young suspect was caught outside Ban Nopphakhun, an apartment building on Lat Pla Khao Road in Chorakhe Bua area, about 10pm on Wednesday, Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Ruechakorn Jorajewut told a news briefing on Friday.
He said the youth's arrest followed an investigation which found a major drug syndicate was operating in Bangkok that provided drugs for clients in Chatuchak, Lat Phrao, Kannayao and Min Buri districts and nearby areas.
The trail led to the young suspect and the apartment building.
The youth was shadowed and eventually detained in front of his accommodation with a bag containing 4,000 methamphetamine pills and 3 kilogrammes of crystal meth.
A search of his apartment room, No.9203 on the second floor, found around 8.6 million speed pills, 37kg of crystal meth, 2,822 ecstasy pills, 38kg of ketamine flakes and 569 bottles of liquid ketamine, worth at least 100 million baht in total on the streets. (continues below)
Illicit drugs of various kinds worth about 100 million baht were found in these packages at an apartment room in Lat Phrao district, Bangkok, on Wednesday night. (Police photo)
The suspect allegedly confessed under questioning that he had worked as a courier, delivering drugs to clients, for two months and was paid 10,000-20,000 baht for each delivery he made.
He was drawn into it by a high school friend, but had himself never been involved with drugs.
All drugs had been smuggled to Bangkok from the North, police said. Investigators believed the room had been used to store drugs for at least a year.