The arrest and drug seizure were made during a raid on house No.109/11 in Soi Kaeophormthong in the Hat Yai Municipality. Pol Lt Col Thanawat said Banharn was previously convicted of murder, sentenced to life and held in the Songkhla prison. While in the prison he was found to be involved in a drug dealing network and was transferred to Khao Bin prison for drug convicts in Ratchaburi province. He was released three months ago, and then met Ms Kittiya, the former wife of a police officer, who had been involved in the drug trade. Allegedly, the two built a network which ordered drugs from the North and sold them to clients in Songkhla and the three southern border provinces, Pol Lt Col Thanawat said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 25, 2017 07:07 UTC