Crime Suppression Division police raid a house where they found marijuana growing in plant pots in Nonthaburi after arresting Watcharapol Haklindee, singer of the hip hop band, Thaikoon, in Bangkok earlier Monday. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)The singer of the hip hop band, Thaikoon, has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly possessing 1.3 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana valued at more than 720,000 baht. The raid led the commando team to another house in Nonthaburi where they found 10 marijuana plants growing in pots. Police caught Sakrapee Paiboon, 39, and Supalak Ratsai, 24, at a roadside checkpoint in Nakhon Ratchasima's Sikhiu district. Police said Mr Sakrapee told them that he and Ms Supalak had picked up the opium in Tha Uthen district of Nakhon Phanom.

Source: Bangkok Post March 13, 2017 21:27 UTC