Narcotics Control Board, Narcotics Control Board announces the arrest of three transnational drug trafficking networks who imported 5,360 grams of cocaine and put them on clotheslines and sent them from the United States. Prepare to sell in entertainment venues in the Sukhumvit area. Pol. Lt. Gen. Panurat Lakboon, Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board, along with Pol. Maj. Gen. Adis Charoensawat, Narcotics Suppression Commander 3, Narcotics Suppression Police Headquarters. and representatives of the Customs Department Announcement to crack down on transnational crime networks Arrest of three black men with 5,360 grams of cocaine shipped from the United States. Prepared to sell in entertainment venues On March 6, 2024, the operation team intercepted drugs passing through the airport. together with the Customs Department at Suvarnabhumi Airport Seized an international (inbound) package of 5,360 grams of cocaine concealed within the core of 5 sets of 64 iron clothes drying racks. The origin of the p ackage was sent from the United States. It is unusual to import such a clothesline from the United States. In addition, last month the Office of the Narcotics Control Board launched an operation, "Nana Unjai" in the Nana area on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, where it was found that a group of West Africans were selling drugs to Thai and foreign tourists. It is also hidden in other criminal problems, such as prostitution, where drugs are sold to customers in order to get a share from West African drug trafficking groups. After the cocaine was seized from this clothesline, So expand the results and deploy forces. Observed the parcel receiving point before arresting three black male suspects who were waiting to receive a parcel concealed with 5,360 grams of cocaine and searched the room. In the area of ??Samae Dam Subdistrict Bang Khun Thian District, Bangkok, found equipment used to hide drugs. plastic bags divided into packages and digital scale According to the investigation, this network is preparing to distribu te drugs in entertainment venues in Thailand. The 3 suspects have been involved in a network that shipped drugs in international packages into Thailand from 2020 - present and are involved in 4 drug hiding cases that have expanded the results of the previous arrests to a total of 8 suspects. The people were a group of 7 black people and a Thai woman. Among the seized items were 12.7 kilograms of cocaine and 6,613 tablets of Ecstasy. By statistics of arrest/seizure In the cooperation project on suppression and interdiction of drugs in the airport area in the years 2022 - 2023, more than half of the people involved were found to be West African networks. And most of them import drugs like cocaine from South America. The Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board also revealed that operations in the area are urgently needed to intercept and suppress narcotics. In Chiang Mai province, 5 districts, Chiang Rai 6 districts, and Nakhon Phanom 4 districts, it was found that more drugs were seized before they e ntered Thailand. and found that the number of drug arrests in the local area has greatly decreased. This represents an effective deterrent measure and on March 25, it will be proposed to increase it in areas in the northern and northeastern provinces where drug smuggling has been found and large numbers of arrests have been made. It is an urgent area, including 13 provinces, 39 districts. Source: Thai News Agency