Pubdate: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 Source: Chiangmai Mail (Thailand) Copyright: 2003 Chiangmai Mail Contact: http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3105 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/areas/Thailand (Thailand) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) MORE DRUG ARRESTS, SAYS PROVINCIAL POLICE BUREAU, REGION 5 Elimination Of Major Drug Dealers Within 60 Days Claimed Police Lt. Gen Chalor Choowong, commissioner of the Provincial Police Bureau, Region 5 said that his bureau would continue to suppress drug trafficking and try to arrest the main drug dealers in the northern region in the sixty days countdown for drug eradication. A press conference was given to report on the arrest of Ajian, a Burmese national and a member of the Wa minority group. He was arrested smuggling 390,000 methamphetamine pills from the border area into Thailand through Tambon Wiengpangkam in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province on October 30. He was arrested by the drug suppression police in combination with personnel from the Office of Narcotic Control Board (ONCB), but his two accomplices avoided capture. The accomplices believed to be Arfa and Akab. Commissioner Pol Lt. Gen Chalor said, "At this time, the provincial police are trying to eliminate all 43 drug dealers still left on the blacklists in the northern region. We expect that we will be able to arrest all drug dealers before the ending of the sixty days countdown for drug suppression." - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin