Raid nets 4 suspected makers of 'ya ba' drug
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The suspects were named as Bancherd Yodmali, 38, a councillor of the Muang Tha Khlong Municipality, Kamol Chaemchuen, 30, Somsak Phuangmali, 58, and 33-year-old Chakkrit Sudkid.They surrendered to a combined force of police, Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) officers and Office of the Narcotics Control Board agents after being surrounded for 40 minutes at 6am yesterday morning.A manual tablet press allegedly used to produce methamphetamine tablets, commonly known as ya ba, was also seized from a house on Liap Khlong Ann 1-2 in tambon Khlong Nueng. When the house was raided, the four suspects fled into a wooded area nearby.A helicopter was used to track them down and the officers surrounded them.NSB chief Atithep Panjamanond said police had been monitoring the suspects for eight months before their arrest.A crucial piece of information came to light three days ago when a number of drug traffickers were arrested.They allegedly confessed to collecting drugs from the house that was raided.
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