The Department of Special Investigations seized nearly 1.4 billion baht in property after looking three houses in Chiang Rai province yesterday. The homes belong to suspected members of a drug community. The belongings included 246 bank accounts, a hundred and fifty five automobiles and bikes value about one hundred thirty million baht, and land title deeds for 232 blocks of land value about 1.three billion baht. The DSI additionally found paperwork at the houses which showed about 1.9 billion baht in circulation.
The deputy director of the Bureau of Consumer Crime Protection mentioned the DSI will summon people who owned the belongings to elucidate how they had been acquired. If they can’t present credible proof, the belongings will be confiscated beneath the Narcotics Act. The deputy director stated authorities will also take legal action towards the alleged criminals beneath the Money Laundering Prevention and Suppression Act, and for tax evasion beneath the Revenue Code.
Two of the homes searched had been in Mae Sai district, and the third was in Chiang Saen district. In Odd , Soldiers arrested a drug courier in Chiang Rai carrying 6.6 million methamphetamine drugs. One army lieutenant credited drug suppression companies in Northern Thailand for the big seizure of drugs..