Filipino husband and wife arrested for illegally exporting marijuana

Immigration Bureau, Immigration Bureau follows up on bills of a clever Filipino husband and wife who secretly export marijuana. Found to have lived together for more than 9 years. Pol. Maj. Gen. Phanthana Nuchanart, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Immigration Bureau, along with Pol. Maj. Gen. Praphansak Prasansuk, Commander-in-Chief of the Immigration Bureau, Pol. Col. Ratchachote Choti. Mr. Deputy Commander of the Immigration Bureau, Pol. Col. Parinya Klinkasorn, Deputy Commander of the Immigration Region 1, Pol. Col. Rattaphong Kaewyod, Superintendent of the 4th Subdistrict Police Station. The Immigration Bureau jointly announced the results of the arrest of the main suspects as follows: The Immigration Bureau 1 arrested Mr. Joe (pseudonym), 35 years old, Filipino nationality, and Ms. Mary (pseudonym), 30 years old, nationality. Philippines Allegedly Being an alien staying in the Kingdom with permission expired Taken to the investigating officer at Prawet Police Station to be prosecuted according to law. The arrest was made at a townhome. Prawet Subdistrict, Prawet District, Bangkok Continuing from around the beginning of 2024, the investigation team of the Immigration Bureau 1 Received informal information from Philippine security agencies. Regarding the seizure of a large lot of dried marijuana Packed in a tightly sealed parcel crate. The total weight was more than 10 kilograms, which was detected by the customs office in the Philippines. At the end of the month Last February For dried cannabis It is still illegal in the Philippines. Make a profit from sending marijuana from Thailand to Manila. The Philippines is very valuable. The market price of said marijuana when transported to the Philippines is as much as 1,200 pesos/gram, or approximately 975 baht per gram (total value of nearly 10 million baht). The source of the seized marijuana is from the company. A parcel delivery service in Bangkok, which is located in an area where many Filipinos live. The investigative team has since started going to the ar ea to find news about transport companies in the area. Later, in March 2024, the Immigration Bureau 1 Received information about the deliverers of the parcel, namely Mr. Joe (pseudonym) and Mrs. Mary (pseudonym), a Filipino husband and wife. Upon checking the information through the biometric system, it was found that the two persons had been in the Kingdom with their permission expired for more than 9 years (3,198 days and 3,669 days, respectively). Therefore, an investigation was conducted to find the residences of the said foreigners. Until they learned that the two people were living in a townhome in the Prawet Subdistrict, Prawet District, Bangkok. They had just moved to rent the house for less than 3 weeks, with a monthly rent of 30,000 baht, so they went to investigate. When he was found, he was arrested and prosecuted on the aforementioned charges. In addition, both foreigners must be listed by the Immigration Bureau as persons prohibited from entering the Kingdom for up to 10 years in accordance wi th the Order of the Ministry of Interior No. 1/2015 dated 27 November 2015 regarding not Allowing certain types of aliens to enter the Kingdom. Source: Thai News Agency