Narcotics suppression police seized 631 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, known as ice, and arrested seven suspects in Songkhla province on Saturday.
SONGKHLA: Myanmar job seekers arrested in Ratthaphum district told officials their brokerage fees had skyrocketed to 80,000 baht each, from 20,000 to 40,000 baht previously, because of the harsh crackdown on illegal migrants.
17 Prathom Iadkhao (standing, left) during the crime re-enactment on Monday, after his arrest on charges of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
SONGKHLA: Police have arrested the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Hat Yai district early on Saturday morning.
Provincial Police Region 9 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Ronnasilp Poosara said that Prathom Iadkhao, alias Bangmad Kongra , 49, was arrested on Monday at his home at Moo 6 villlage in tamong Khlong Sai Khao of Kongra district in adjoining Phatthalung province.
The body of the Mathayomsuksa 3 student was found in the median ditch of the main highway in Bang Klam district of Songkhla on the night of Feb 27.