Thread: Over 3,000 Kilos of Marijuana Bound for Australia Seized in Chon Buri, Thailand

CHON BURI – Thai police said they have arrested two men from Thailand and Taiwan suspected of smuggling more than 3 tons of marijuana from Laos for shipment to Australia.

Border Patrol Police official Prapan Chan-em announced that police seized 3,155 kilograms (6,940 pounds) of marijuana on Sunday from a warehouse in Chonburi, 60 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of Bangkok.

He said Monday that police were tipped off last month that the marijuana was being smuggled into northeastern Thailand from Laos to be sent to the warehouse, where it would be vacuum-sealed and sent to Australia labeled as rubber gloves.

Prapan said a 44-year-old Thai and a 64-year-old Taiwanese were arrested at the warehouse, which he said had been operating for nine years as a front for drug smuggling. He said the business was jointly run by Thais and Taiwanese.

Possession of more than 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of marijuana is defined as intent to sell and is punishable by two to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to 1.5 million baht ($42,860). Police estimated the value of the seized marijuana at 100 million baht ($2.9 million) in Thailand, and 309 million baht ($8.8 million) in overseas markets.

It was apparently the biggest seizure of marijuana by Thai authorities since May 2014, when about 5 tons was seized at a warehouse in the Bangkok suburb of Pathum Thani after being smuggled from Laos for shipment to Europe and Australia.

Over 3,000 Kilo?s of Marijuana Bound for Australia Seized in Chon Buri, Thailand | Chiang Rai Times English Language Newspaper

Who the fuck would buy this crap? It ain`t a patch on the skunk we get in the UK/ Europe.

3,000 kg its a lot...How can move from laos to thailand and police can't find??

Originally Posted by Nicethaiza

3,000 kg its a lot...How can move from laos to thailand and police can't find??

1,750 km border, Mekong and land border where I am, hard to cover it all.

What's the criminal act......really?

The man with the rubber gloves was surprisingly gentile.

Originally Posted by Nicethaiza

3,000 kg its a lot...How can move from laos to thailand and police can't find??

I smell a skunk or more than likely a rat and that's how they "found" it. Otherwise it would have been business as usual I would imagine, no?

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Lao frontier loose change
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Wonder who got bunged downunder for 9 years
Taiwanese \台灣黑社會
It'll be rebranded and ressold to Europe in two shakes of lags tale

Originally Posted by thaimeme

What's the criminal act......really?

Running a business without paying the 'insurance' ?

Aren't Australians capable of growing their own.

I had some Thai weed a few months back and it was pure shit
Last year it was crap too
2yrs before that too
A year before that too

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The only time I ever had good weed in Thailand, was from a tourist who brought some with him from Germany.Crazy fucker, cos I would never take the risk of `smuggling` into Thailand. I had some nice `zero zero`in `98, again, imported from Europe.