Not to be outdone by their counterparts in the south, Region eight Police carried out an anti-crime operation, titled “Defeat Andaman.” The raids resulted within the seizure of over 200,000 meth pills and ninety six firearms with 320 suspects being arrested.
Defeat Andaman aims to scale back crime and improve life in the area, regardless of a reputation implying the opposite. The operation also led to the confiscation of 228 items of property valued at about 41.3 million baht. The pull included nine cars and two houses with land.
Speaking on the Region eight Police headquarters in Mai Khao, the deputy nationwide police chief introduced the Defeat Andaman initiative’s success. The marketing campaign targeted drug networks and operations in the seven southern provinces under the Region eight Police jurisdiction.
The provinces – Chumphon, Krabi, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Phang Nga, Phuket, Ranong, and Surat Thani – include a few of the hottest tourist hotspots within the country.
The drug crackdown campaign was ordered by the national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat. While police fight drug crime constantly, this sweep marks the primary campaign of the 12 months beneath the Defeat Andaman banner.
A complete of 320 suspects have been arrested, with 18 taken into custody on outstanding warrants for arrest. The drug haul netted a complete of 196.fifty one grammes of ice together with 235,290 meth tablets. Police additionally confiscated 112 property gadgets valued at 41,300,572 baht and ninety six weapons and weapons.
Unsung will continue to take intensive motion to reduce the spread of narcotics in all areas, in accordance with the deputy national police chief. Officials didn’t launch province-specific particulars though, so it’s unclear what number of arrests had been made and what number of drugs have been seized in Phuket or Surat Thani, for instance.
The large string of Defeat Andaman raids got here just after Provincial Police Region 9 went on a raiding rampage the day before busting 319 drug rings in one day. Over 200 individuals had been arrested and drugs value over 17 million baht have been seized in over 600 areas throughout a series of raids in Thailand’s southern provinces on Monday..