Pattaya: Chonburi immigration officers arrested two Nigerian men, one who had entered Thailand illegally, in a city-centre condominium in Pattaya on Thursday after finding about 6 grams of cocaine hidden in a kitchen range hood.
The search followed a national police policy meeting the same day, at which Pol. Gen. Samran Nuanma, the national police chief, told forces to press drug cases, nominee arrangements, scam gangs, and corruption. Immigration Commissioner Pol. Lt. Gen. Noppasin Poolsawat and the commander of Immigration Division 3 assigned the job to Pol. Col. Napatsaphong Khositsuriyamanee, superintendent of Chonburi Immigration. Pol. Lt. Col. Kawinwat Arayasuriwong, deputy superintendent, led the team into the building after a tip that Nigerian men were staying there and that one might be in the country illegally and involved with drugs.
Inside were Enna, 25, and Oganu, 29. Officers said Enna had no legal right to be in Thailand. Oganu had entered on a tourist visa. A search of more than 20 minutes turned up five lumps of cocaine in zip bags wrapped in black tape, weighing about 6 grams, inside the range hood. A preliminary urine test indicated drugs in Enna’s system. Oganu’s test was negative.
Both men told officers they had bought the cocaine from an acquaintance near Walking Street and were keeping it to use themselves, not to sell. Immigration said that account is still being examined. The two and the drugs were handed to investigators at Pattaya City Police Station. Officers said they are tracing the supplier.
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