BANGKOK, Feb 7 (TNA) – Five key members of a drug
gang in Thailand are among 81 Thais, who will be deported from Myanmar today.
Eighty-one Thais including 48 men and 33 women were
arrested during raids by Myanmar police in Thachilek, opposite Thailand’s Mae
Sai district in Chiang Rai in Feb3.
They were detained for questioning in Mong Hsat and
were charged for illegally entering Myanmar.
However, Punnawit Prathum, the leader of the drug ring,
known by his Facebook Name, Theppabut Solo, who fled to Myanmar remains at
large.
He was also wanted for masterminding an assault of a
17-year-old boy in Khon Kaen over a drug payment dispute, leading to his death.
The beating was recorded and posted on social
network.
The network is not the big gang but it is threatening
because they sell the illegal drugs online to young people, said Thai
Immigration Police Chief Surachet Hakparn. (TNA)
