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Phuket police arrest man on drugs offences, seize 10,504 meth pills

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Police in Phuket have arrested a man found with 10,504 methamphetamine pills (yaba) and crystal methamphetamine (ice). According to a Phuket Express report, the man was arrested in the Mueang district of the island.

Amphon Samorthai from the Border Patrol Police has named the suspect only as 40-year-old Mr Ban. It’s understood he was arrested at the entrance to Soi Bang She Lao on Thep Kasattri Road in the sub-district of Rassada.

The suspect is currently being held at Phuket City Police Station, where he faces charges of being in possession of Category 1 narcotics with intent to sell.

SOURCE: The Phuket Express

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