Pubdate: Mon, 26 Jan 2004
Source: Nation, The (Thailand)
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EX-OFFICER GETS DEATH FOR DRUGS

A former police officer was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court
yesterday after being found guilty of possessing drugs with the intent
to sell.

Lieutenant Songphol Prathangthatho, 29, who had worked at Bang Sue
Police Station, was arrested last year in an undercover operation at a
snooker club in Bangkok's Chatuchak district.

Police later found 38,400 methamphetamine pills in his room. A dealer
who was arrested in May last year had identified Songphol as a
supplier. Police then launched an investigation into Songphol and he
was arrested soon after. 
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