Lao national arrested with 1.36M meth pills, worth 17M, part of 'Tae Thatsapra' network. Regrets capture
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Key Quotes
"I am very sorry to be caught because I still have 3 children to take care of. I thought it wouldn't be a problem and I would get paid soon."
เสียใจมากที่มาถูกจับ เพราะยังมีลูกอีก 3 คนที่ต้องดูแล เพราะคิดว่าไม่น่าจะมีอะไร เดี๋ยวเดียวก็จะได้รับเงินค่าจ้างแล้ว
Key Entities
Person
Thao Krisada(ท้าวกฤษดา)
A 36-year-old Lao national arrested for smuggling 1.36 million methamphetamine pills across the Mekong River.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Pattanashak Bubbhasuwan(พล.ต.ต.พัฒนศักดิ์ บุบผาสุวรรณ)
Commander of the Patrol Police Division who ordered the operation to arrest drug traffickers.
Pol. Col. Aekasit Paansita(พ.ต.อ.เอกสิทธิ์ ปานสีทา)
Director of Police Station 4, Border Patrol Division, who participated in the arrest operation.
Pol. Col. Suriyasak Chirawat(พ.ต.อ.สุริยศักดิ์ จิราวัสน์)
Director of Police Station 3, Border Patrol Division, who participated in the arrest operation.
Pol. Lt. Col. Dithasak Chothetionsorn(พ.ต.ต.ดิฐาศักดิ์ โชติเธียรศรณ์)
Investigator of Police Station 4, Border Patrol Division, who participated in the arrest operation.
Organization
Tae Thatsapra(เต้ท่าพระ)
A drug trafficking network implicated in the smuggling of methamphetamine pills into Thailand.
Division 4, Patrol Police(กก.4 บก.ป.)
The police unit responsible for the operation and the investigation of the drug trafficking case.
Division 3, Patrol Police(กก.3 บก.ป.)
A police division involved in the anti-drug trafficking operations.
Place
The country of origin of the arrested suspect and a transit point for drug smuggling.
The river that serves as a smuggling route for illegal narcotics between Thailand and Laos.
A province in Thailand previously used by the 'Tae Thatsapra' network for drug transit.
A province in Thailand where the 'Tae Thatsapra' network has shifted its drug smuggling operations.
A province in Thailand that serves as a border area for drug smuggling activities.
Highway 212 Bueng Kan-Nong Khai(ถนนสาย 212 บึงกาฬ-หนองคาย)
The road where the suspect's suspicious vehicle was observed and the arrest took place.
Law
The type of illicit drug seized, also known as ya ba (meth pills).