Chiang Rai News
Narcotics Suppression Police Nab Drug Runners in Mae Fa Luang District
CHIANG RAI – Narcotics suppression police in Chiang Rai have arrested three men in possession of one million methamphetamine pills in Mae Fa Luang district.
Pol Maj Gen Wachai Suwansirikhet the Chiang Rai police chief , and Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong, the prime minister’s adviser, announced the arrests at a press conference.
Narcotics suppression police followed two pick-up trucks suspected of couriering drugs from Doi Mae Salong and stopped them for a search.
The two pickup trucks were found to contain fertilizer sacks in which were hidden one million methamphetamine pills.
Police arrested Aphu Amo, 32, a Muser tribesman, and Thiradet A-ngi, 27, and an 18-year-old boy, both of Hmong origin.
The men allegedly confessed to having been paid 300,000 baht to deliver the drugs to an agent in the South.
Earlier this month Northern police uncovered three major hauls of methamphetamine tablets in Chiang Rai totaling 6.39 million tablets in three separate busts while four other smaller busts added to the total making it over 6.6 million methamphetamine tablets seized in ten days.
4.2 million methamphetamine’s were uncovered in Chiang Rai stashed in a pickup truck.
The first big arrest took place on August 8, 2013 when Chiang Rai man Chuchart Phunchotipirom, age 28, was arrested with 4.2 million methamphetamine tablets in a pickup truck on the road between Chiang Rai and Phayao. He confessed to police that he had been hired to carry the 15 sacks of pills from Ban Pha Tan in Wiang Kaen, Chiang Rai to Phayao to hold it until it was to be transported on to Bangkok. Police estimate the street value of the drugs to be 1.1 billion baht.
Police believe that the Hmong man belongs to a drug trafficking network run by Lt. Col. Yee Sae in Burma.
The second largest arrest occurred in Nakhom Pathom when Narcotic Suppression Police received a tip off that a truck belonging to the Northern carrier Nim See Seng Express was carrying drugs from Chiang Rai.
Police arrested the receiver on August 17, 2013, Parames Saesong, age 31, when he picked up 7 packages carrying a total 1.21 million Yaba tablets and stored them in his car.
The third largest haul took place on August 18 in Mai Sai, Chiang Rai when Mae Sai police and members of the Pha Muang Task Force arrested four other Hmong men, Somchai Saehang, age 45 and Mai Saehang, age 44, Thua Laohang, age 36 and Prapan Saeyang, age 29 in Ban Thum Pla with 990,000 million methamphetamine tablets stashed in a modified pickup truck. The men confessed to police after being caught at the police checkpoint that they had been paid 1 million baht to transport the drugs, valued at over 250 million baht, to Bangkok by the drug network run by Yee Sae.
The fourth largest arrest by police acting on a tip off was of three men with 200,000 methamphetamine tablets with them in a hotel room in Nang Lae, Chiang Rai. Wichit Suesat age 24 of Udon Thani, Arkor Mayur age 20 of Chiang Rai and Tian Siriauam age 48 of Uttaradit were arrested on August 13 and confessed to police that they had been paid 50,000 baht to traffic the drugs from the border in Chiang Rai to Bangkok.
Police in Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai Province have arrested a 50 year old man after the threatened to rape a 20 year-old woman and the proceeded to murder her 2 and half month old baby.
Police with doctors from Wiang Kaen Hospital and the Chao Luang Wiang Kaen Welfare Association were summoned to the scene of the incident to a 2-story cement house, Village No. 2, Tha Kham Subdistrict, Wiang Kaen District of Chiang Rai
On arrival they found Ms. Chanikarn, age 20, in a state of distress crying uncontrollably beside her 2 and a half month baby girl (Linlada) that was dead on the floor.
After calming Ms. Chanikarn, the child’s mother, said that at approximately 2:30 p.m she was out to collect diapers that had been dried in front of the house, while her 2 and a half month old daughter was sleep on the ground floor of the house.
She said she was suddenly approached by a Mr. Lee, about 40 years old, who lived on the opposite side of the road. He came towards her and grabbed her arm and threatened her saying if she didn’t sleeping with him he will go and kill his daughter.
Miss Chanikan refused and ran away, then Mr. Lee then walked into the house and grabbed Ms. Linlada’s leg, smashing the child’s head against the cement floor of the house. The infant died immediately.
Mr. Lee then just walked away and returned to his own home, leaving Miss Chanikan and her dead baby.
When police went to Mr. Lee’s home he immediately confessed killing the infant and was taken to Wiang Kaen Police Station for further questioning. Under caution he told police that he was sexually attracted to Miss Chanikan‘s and when her husband leave for work he took the opportunity to approach her.
He said when he saw her husband leave he crossed that road and found Miss Chanikan in the yard alone, he then threatened her to sleep with him, saying he would kill her child if she didn’t have sex with him. However when she refused he flew into a fit of rage walked into her home and murdered he baby. He said he was out of control with rage.
After killing the infant he walk across the street to his home and waited for the police to arrive. The police have charged him with premeditated murder and attempted rape. He is being held without bail at the local remand center.
Meanwhile, Miss Chanikan and her family were preparing a religious burial ceremony for the child.
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CHIANG RAI: Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.
On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.
His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.
Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet, Deputy Commander and Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, Assigned Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police/Deputy Director of the Police Crime Suppression Division, has launched the operation ‘Bombing the Thieves’ Bridge’ in collaboration with the CAT Office, G., mobile phone network operators AIS DTAC TRUE NT, and local security agencies to cut the mobile phone signal and WiFi internet that criminals illegally use to deceive Thai citizens.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai stated that they will begin pressing the first action of the ‘Explosion of Thieves’ Bridge’ in Chiang Rai Province toward the thieves’ base of operations in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone.
The territory surrounding King Roman in Laos. King Roman is now a full-service entertainment destination with an airport that welcomes travelers from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, he explained.
According to Pol. Lt. Gen. Thatchai, this operation will have no influence on honest people along the Thai border, and it will only target cyber criminals.
They will also increase the arrest and prosecution of unlawful service towers, such as SIM booths, which allow gangs register SIM cards to swindle the people. Dealing with criminal organizations of foreigners and Thais who band together to deceive and damage Thais.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suspended more than three million SIM cards on July 16 because the holders had not verified their identities with their mobile phone operators by the deadline, in accordance with the NBTC’s measures to combat alleged fraudsters’ mule accounts.
The names of the holders of 80 million mobile phone numbers used for mobile banking transactions did not match the names associated with the mobile banking accounts.
The NBTC would require mobile phone companies to authenticate SIM card holders and the names of their mobile banking accounts. The verification procedure is expected to be completed by the end of September this year.
In addition, the NBTC and Royal Thai Police have collaborated to combat illegal telecom towers throughout the country’s borders, disconnecting signals at 465 places, altering antenna direction at 470 towers, and dismantling antennas at 179 locations.
They are certain that the move will disrupt contact center gangs and other types of technology-based crime.
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Machete Wielding Man Shot an Killed by Police in Chiang Rai
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Police in Mae Chan, Chiang Rai, shot and killed a 28-year-old man who allegedly attacked a police officer with a machete. The officer was slashed in the right leg with the machete.
According to police, the culprit, known only as Mr. Toon, had been harassing local villagers in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai, threatening them with a knife and using violet insults.
The village headman arrived on the scene to try to calm Mr. Toon, but he was shouting hysterically and taking swipes at him with the machete, so he contacted the police.
When the responding officer arrived at the site about 9 p.m., he attempted to calm the man, but he instead assaulted the officer, slashing his right leg with the machete. In self-defense, the cop had to fire his gun at Mr. Toon, striking him in the chest.
Mr. Toon and the policeman were taken to Mae Chan Hospital, where Mr. Toon died of a gunshot wound. Pol Sgt. Sutthikiat Phanomphraisakul was released from the hospital after receiving numerous stitches for his injuries.
Local police received a tip around 9.30 p.m. yesterday that a guy was causing mayhem in the village. When authorities arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Toon strolling along a public road, holding a large knife and threatening people. Mae Chan district officials attempted to contain the incident.
During a search of Mr. Toon’s home, authorities discovered methamphetamine consumption equipment. Locals told authorities that the man was addicted to Yaba (Methamphetamine) and an alcoholic.
The authorities are conducting an inquiry to determine Toon’s motivations and whether any underlying issues contributed to his violent outburst.
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