Police have arrested four suspects, including the alleged Nigerian kingpin, in a crackdown on a cocaine network operating in Bangkok’s nightlife districts.
Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Sayam Boonsom said the arrests on Saturday dismantled a syndicate led by Nwaiwu Ifeanyi Placid, 46, who is accused of supplying cocaine for sale in the capital. Officers arrested him near Silom Soi 1 after tracking his movements, and seized about 27 grammes of cocaine.
Three others were also detained on drug possession charges — Swiss national Thomas Giubibini and two Thai men, Thanayot Asawamethi, 35, and Nattawat Wangkitjinda, 34.
Police seized about 30 grammes of cocaine in total, along with a car, 1.5 million baht cash, foreign currency worth 15,000 baht and jewellery valued at 400,000 baht.
Police said the arrests stemmed from an earlier operation, on Oct 26 last year, when undercover officers posing as construction workers dismantled a Nana-based network and arrested nine Nigerian suspects.
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