Pattaya —
An alleged South Korean drug trafficker has been arrested in Pattaya today, July 31st, on charges of overstaying his visa and operating an international drug trafficking operation using Thailand as a base.
Pol. Col. Napatsapong Khosittasuriya, head of Chonburi Immigration, announced the arrest of Mr. Jin Tae Choi, a 40-year-old South Korean national, today. Mr. Choi was arrested at a restaurant on Pattaya Third Road in Chonburi province after his name appeared on an Interpol red notice.
According to Pol. Col. Napatsapong, Mr. Choi was involved in an international drug trafficking operation using Thailand as a base. This operation had previously been executed five times. However, the operation was recently disrupted when South Korean authorities apprehended Mr. Choi’s accomplices at Incheon Airport in South Korea, where the suspects were captured with 600 grams of ketamine.
Investigations revealed that Mr. Choi had been coordinating and supplying drugs to the trafficking network while based in Thailand. The South Korean Anti-Drug Authority, with support from Interpol, notified Chonburi Immigration that Mr. Choi was hiding in Pattaya. He was located at a restaurant on Pattaya Third Road and also confirmed to be overstaying his visa.
During interrogation, Mr. Choi reportedly admitted that the drugs he had sent to South Korean traffickers were purchased from a Thai national known as Mr. Freeo, who is now deceased. He then delivered the drugs to a team of traffickers who smuggled them into South Korea.
Mr. Choi is currently being held in Chonburi on charges of overstaying his visa and will be extradited to South Korea to face drug-related charges there. He will also be blacklisted and banned from entering Thailand.
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