Officers at the checkpoint did not find any illegal item in the SUV but instead recovered one million baht hidden in the vehicle. A subsequent search at Mrs Bulan’s condominium room on Rat-uthit Road in Hat Yai district recovered two big luggage containing a combined 41 million baht and 1.5 Malaysian ringgit (about 11.8 million baht) hidden under the bed. (continued below)Police also searched her home in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district but did not find any illegal drug. The driver, Mr Jitpanu, said he had nothing to do with the money or the drug ring. He said Maruslan’s drug network was at the national level but could not tell yet whether it was linked to that of suspected Laos drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha or of southern drug ring leader Usman Salaemang.

Source: Bangkok Post February 09, 2017 12:22 UTC