Bangkok Police Bust Drug Gang That Hid Cocaine Inside Bread: About 650 Grams of Cocaine Seized, Three Arrested
Police in Bangkok, Thailand, have dismantled a drug-trafficking gang that concealed narcotics inside loaves of bread, seizing about 650 grams of cocaine worth around 2 million baht and arresting three suspects. The case began with large quantities of rotten bread dumped at a condominium.
According to Thailand's Narcotics Suppression Bureau and the Metropolitan Police, residents of a condominium in the Hua Mak area reported that bread had been ordered in bulk for months and left outside rooms until it rotted and attracted ants. Investigators who examined the bread found drug packages concealed inside. Police followed a delivery rider and found drugs hidden in the bread he was carrying, which led them to a 29-year-old Thai woman, Chanyanuch, who was responsible for packaging and distributing the narcotics.
Police raided her condominium room in the On Nut area on November 9 and seized 510 grams of cocaine, 18.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 73.9 grams of ketamine and more than 100,000 baht in cash. She confessed that she had been hired to package and distribute the drugs for over two years without ever meeting her employer: the drugs arrived by hired vehicle in convenience-store food boxes left on the ground floor of her condominium, and following formulas sent by the gang leader over a chat app, she mixed the substances with white blackboard chalk, graded them, and stuffed them into bread for delivery. Police said the cocaine came in three grades: compressed pellets known as the top grade, a 95-percent-pure grade, and an 85 grade cut with 15 percent chalk powder.
A third suspect, 43-year-old Naritsara, was subsequently arrested. The operation also seized bread packaging, weighing scales, a grinder, four mobile phones and a box of white blackboard chalk. Thai media, citing police, reported that the mastermind behind the network is believed to be a Nigerian national assisted by his Thai wife, Kamolphan, and that police will continue pursuing the remaining members of the network.
Source: Thailand Narcotics Suppression Bureau
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