Officers from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) arrested two males from Hong Kong at their condominium in the Rama 9 neighbourhood in Bangkok after finding two smuggled heroin packages addressed to their home nation.
The collaborative efforts of Thai and Hong Kong authorities have recorded exceptional success since they launched into a mission earlier this month to unravel the crooked net of drug smuggling by way of delivery parcels. The operation led to the arrest of a number of suspects and the seizure of over 11 kilogrammes of heroin.
The newest operation was reported by the ONCB of Thailand yesterday. After monitoring the path of the illicit drug parcels all the method in which to Hong Kong, two suspicious foreigners immediately came to the attention of the ONCB.
To substantiate their suspicions, officers launched into a thorough exploration to locate their lodging and carefully monitored them. Bonus found that the 2 resided in a Rama 9 condo and turned it into an workplace to pack their drug parcels.
According to the police report, the heroin was hidden inside golden lion plaster dolls and delivered to Hong Kong using faux passports. This was linked to a different case the place police confiscated medicine hidden in related golden lion dolls.
Officers conducted the arrest on Tuesday, August 15. The pair have been monitored from exterior the apartment till they left the premises to choose up a supply, which included tools and supplies to craft the lion plaster dolls, together with plaster moulds and bottles of gold spray. Police made themselves identified to the suspects and carried out a raid of their room.
Four kilogrammes of heroin were discovered within the room along with tools to create the golden dolls.
As per the police reports, the pair had smuggled heroin into Hong Kong on over 20 events. Law enforcement officers suspect the existence of extra members inside this drug trafficking syndicate and intend to carry out further investigations to apprehend all involved..