Police searched this house owned by drug suspect Thip-arpha Raksasaeng in Khlong Luang district in Pathum Thani on Tuesday and found her husband, Pol Lt Col Thanakrit Nitsaphan who is a highway cop, inside. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)The Narcotic Suppression Bureau has been granted court approval to detain a senior highway police officer for allegedly colluding with his wife in running a drug operation, believed to be linked to Lao drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha's network. His 31-year-old wife is suspected of working with the drug gang led by Xaysana, who was arrested in Thailand last year, police said. Yesterday, 70 police and soldiers raided the house of a drug suspect in Chiang Mai after he had been nabbed for possessing 200 kilogrames of ya ice on Thursday. A search found drugs hidden in the vehicle he was driving to a drug network in Surat Thani.

Source: Bangkok Post January 20, 2018 00:22 UTC