Bangkok: 73kilo of "Ice" seized

Bangkok Post : 73kg of 'ice' seized

73kg of 'ice' seized

• Published: 4/01/2012 at 02:06 PM
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Police seized a large haul of 73kg of ice or crystal methamphetamine with a street value of about 220 million baht at the southern bus terminal in Taling Chan district on Tuesday night, Pol Lt-Gen Winai Thongsong said on Wednesday.

Pol Lt-Gen Winai, the metropolitan police chief, said that acting on a tip-off Taling Chan police scoured the southern bus terminal and found six suitcases at terminals Nos 1 and 6 at about 7.30pm.

They laid in wait until 10.30pm but nobody showed up to take them.

The police examined the suitcases and found they were stuffed with packs of altogether 73kg of ice.

Footage of closed-circuit television cameras in the area showed two suspects, a man and a woman, who were also seen by some people bringing the suitcases to the terminals, Pol Lt-Gen Winai said.

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There's only 2 possibilities here; either the person who tipped the cops also tipped the drug carriers or the police department has a serious information leak. :mid:

Wonder if any of the police brass will look at just who in the Department knew what and when?

73Ks
of which 72 will be back on the streets tomorrow.
BIB Bargain Basement sale time.

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Bt220-mln Crystal Meth Seized at Bus Terminal

UPDATE : 4 January 2012

Narcotics suppression police have seized crystal methamphetamine worth over 220 million baht at Bangkok's southern bus terminal.

The drug is found hidden in six bags ready for transport to the South.

About 73 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, or commonly known as “Ice”, packed in 72 bundles were seized by officers from the Taling Chan Police Station and the Narcotics Suppression Bureau at the New Southern Bus Terminal in Bangkok.


The drug was left at the first and sixth platforms of the bus terminal.

The seizure came after a tip-off that there would be a large drug smuggling effort from Bangkok to southern provinces during the New Year holidays by using public buses from the southern terminal.

Investigations and close minitoring were carried out until last night after the joint local and narcotics suppression police forces found six suspicious and unidentified bags left at the bus terminal.

Two suspects, one male and one female, were also caught in the southern bus terminal's security cameras.

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Police Lieutenant General Winai Thongsong revealed that the drug smuggling ring operates in a pattern of 'Ant Army', which applies to a smuggling of drugs in a small amount at a time.

The city police chief added that police are speeding up searching for the members of this drug network to bring them to justice.

Dog the Bounty Hunter is praying for them.

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Originally Posted by BobR

There's only 2 possibilities here; either the person who tipped the cops also tipped the drug carriers or the police department has a serious information leak.

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3rd possibility. The guys doing the pickup knew the police get bored after a few hours, so they just wait that out - then if no cops show up they know it's safe to make the pickup.