Two Nigerians and a Peruvian were arrested by a combined force of narcotic suppression police and naval officers after a raid revealed a large number of chemicals and materials used in producing drugs.
Recovered drug substances
According to the English News, three suspected drug peddlers were nabbed on Monday, 7th of September by security operatives in Thailand for the production of cocaine right in their rented apartment.
The raid took place in Ban Kai district of Rayong province which revealed a large number of chemicals and materials used in producing drugs. The culprits included two Nigerians named Joseph Uyamadu, 43, and Emanuel Umiano, 33 with a Peruvian identified as Ammando William, 47.
Security operatives inspecting the house
The raid and the tented house in the rubber plantation followed a tip-off that foreigners used the house to produce drugs. The raid was perpetrated by a combined force of narcotic suppression police and naval officers.
They were in the house when the combined force encircled and raided the house. They surrendered when this authorities moved in on them.
The search in the house produced an amount of cocaine being thrown into the flush tank, a bag containing black and sticky substances similar to raw opium, black sheets of substance, choric acid, electric grinder, a microwave oven, kerosene, and two cars.
The black sheets of substance are suspected to be chemical substance used in producing drugs, a narcotic police officer said but noted they have to be tested in the laboratory to determine again.
All were detained at Ban Khai police station pending investigation into their drug records.
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The arrested culprits
The arrested Nigerians