Thai nationwide deputy police chief Chinnapat Sarasin, heart, appears on confiscated crystal methamphetamine and different medication varieties throughout a press convention on the Narcotics Suppression Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, June 13, 2023. EPA-Yonhap
A Korean man, who has been wished in his dwelling nation for alleged drug trafficking, has been arrested in Thailand, an area media report confirmed Saturday.
The person, 44, was apprehended at a resort in Chon Buri Province, Thursday, as he had been accused of smuggling crystal methamphetamine from Thailand into Korea, the Bangkok Put up reported, citing an official on the Workplace of the Narcotics Management Board (ONCB).
In December, Korean authorities seized a parcel containing meth hidden in espresso and bean luggage despatched from Thailand. Police investigation discovered that the person had despatched the parcel.
Korean police tried to arrest the suspect however later discovered he had fled to Thailand. They requested a coordinated crackdown with the ONCB to assist arrest the suspect.
Seven Koreans have been arrested for suspected drug trafficking in Thailand final yr, whereas 5 different South Koreans have been caught to date in Thailand this yr, in accordance with the report.
Greater than 70 % of medication seized in Korea have been smuggled from overseas and most of them are believed to originate from the so-called Golden Triangle involving the border areas of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, in accordance with Korea’s Nationwide Intelligence Service. (Yonhap)
