AYUTTHAYA - Four members of a drug gang raising fighting cocks as a front were arrested and almost 2 million methamphetamine pills seized at a house in Bang Pa-in district on Thursday night.
Ten coops holding fighting cocks were found in front of the townhouse at Somwong housing estate in tambon Samruen when a joint police team from Ayutthaya and Ang Thong provinces raided the premises.
Police take two men into custody during the raid on Thursday night. (Photo by Sunthorn Pongpao)
The four suspects, three men and one woman, were detained after 1,916,000 speed pills, one pistol and about 100 rounds were found in the house. Six bank account books and two motorcycles found inside the house were also seized, Pol Maj Gen Suthi Puangpikul, chief of Ayutthaya police, said on Friday.
The suspects were identified as Thongchai Meelarp, 27, Wicha Naksri, 21, Chamnarn Kerdkaew, 35 and Ms Vijitra Thoopthong, 22, all natives of Ang Thong’s Pho Thong district. They would be taken to the Provincial Police Region 1 headquarters this afternoon for a media briefing, Pol Maj Gen Suthi said. The investigation was being extended to arrest other network members.
The suspects had hidden their illegal activities and deceived their neighbours, who believed they were in business raising fighting cocks.