Police arrested three Thai women late last week after they were found to be in possession of a various amounts of yaba.
Maj. Ritthichai Chumchuay, together with a team of officers from Phuket Provincial Police Station, first apprehended 24-year-old Paramee Songsan, from Trang, at 9pm on Thursday at the Phuket Bus Terminal 2 on Thepkassatri Road in Rassada.
Paramee arrived on the island on a bus traveling from Satun when she was found to be in possession of 1,000 yaba pills. Paramee confessed that all the pills belonged to her and she told police that she bought them from a man named only as Den in Trang.
She traveled to Phuket in the hope of selling the pills there.
The arrest of Pareemee then led police to arrest two other women.
At 11pm on Thursday police arrested 24-years-old Chutharat Raksuwan, from Trang, at a rented room in Chalong when she was found to be in possession of 612 yaba pills.
Chutharat told police that she received the pills from her friend, Paramee, and sold them on her behalf.
Then at 11pm yesterday police arrested 24-years-old Aungkana Supphakeeratirot, also from Trang, at Phuket Bus Terminal 2 when she was found in possession of 1,000 yaba pills.
The arrest of Aungkana came after Paramee helped police order more drugs from Den.
Den told Paramee that the drugs would be delivered to her by her friend Aungkana who would travel to Phuket by bus.
The three women confessed to all charge made against them.
Story: The Phuket News
