Jonathan Moorby, 47, was detained by Thai police on the popular southern tourist island of Koh Samui on Monday following an investigation by British detectives. "We were asked by the British embassy's Interpol representative to arrest the suspect," Major General Soontorn Chalermkiat of Thailand's Narcotics Suppression Police, told reporters. "He is a key drugs trafficking suspect in Britian, dealing in cocaine and ice (crystal methamphetamine)," he said, adding that he had been found in possession of a fake Belgian passport. British prosecutors described him as a major drugs kingpin in the country's northeast, according to British media that covered the trial. The country is also a major trafficking hub for narcotics from the Golden Triangle, the world's second largest drug producing region after Latin America.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 09, 2017 07:52 UTC