Nichanat Pussarangsi, aka Aoi , arrested, at her apartment unit in Soi Onnuj 17 and seized 190 grammes of cocaine.
Arrest of two Thai members of a drug gang that tricks Thai women into becoming drug couriers is just the first step in a clampdown on a West Africa-based drug trafficking network.Narcotics Suppression Bureau chief Wuthi Liptapanlop views the case in which he and his investigative team spent nine months as only a half measure of success.The team is taking further steps to bring the masterminds - the West African drug traffickers - to justice, he said.The arrest is just the first in a series of exciting scenes that will follow, said Pol Lt-Gen Wuthi, as his team works with foreign police to close in on the culprits.On Feb 5 officers nabbed Nichanat Pussarangsi, aka Aoi India, 37, at her apartment unit in Soi Onnuj 17 and seized 190 grammes of cocaine. They also swooped on Wanna Wiriyanon, 39, who possessed cocaine weighing 30 grammes, in front of Pata department store in the Pin Klao area.The two women helped the gang in its recruitment of female drug mules, mainly from restaurants and n...