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Asia s El Chapo extradited to Australia trafficking drugs

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Thai Police Confirm Arrest of Senior Leader of Asia-Pacific Drugs Syndicate

[Reuters] Thailand’s counter-narcotics police chief on Tuesday confirmed the arrest in Thai territory of a suspected senior leader with a triad that, according to law enforcement sources, dominates a multi-billion-dollar illicit drugs trade in the Asia-Pacific region. The suspect, Hong Kong s Lee Chung Chak, was arrested in October but is trying to block his extradition to Australia through an appeal in the courts, Lt. Gen. Montri Yimyaem, commander of the Thai police’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau, told BenarNews.  “The AFP sought our cooperation to extradite him to Australia based on an extradition treaty. We arrested him according to a Thai court order,” Montri said, referring to the Australian Federal Police.

Second drug kingpin arrested in Thailand, tightening dragnet on huge syndicate

Tse Chi Lop syndicate: Second drug kingpin arrested in Thailand tightening dragnet on Sam Gor group CNN 2/8/2021 Story by Reuters © Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A Thai soldier guards bags of methamphetamine pills in this file photograph from June 2019. A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragnet tightens on the Sam Gor group, which police say dominates the $70 billion annual Asia Pacific drug trade. The October arrest of Hong Kong citizen Lee Chung Chak in Bangkok preceded last month s high-profile arrest in the Netherlands of Tse Chi Lop, a China-born Canadian national who police suspect is the top leader of the syndicate, also called The Company.

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