A press conference was held at Banglamung Police Station to announce the arrest of 7 members of a local drug gang and the seizure of a sizable amount of class 1 narcotics.
Police Colonel Sanit The Commander of Police Region 2 took charge over the press conference flanked by senior police officers from Chonburi and Banglamung.
The drug dealing gang - 7 men and one women were apprehended in an operation that also seized 7,000 yaba (methamphetamine) tablets and 340 grams of crystal meth. Also seized were a number of mobile phones with contact numbers of dealers and customers that the police are working their way through.
All of the arrested confessed in their involvement in a drugs network that appears to have been masterminded by a serving inmate of Chonburi Prison. More arrests are set to follow.
