Brit drug kingpin, Jonathan Moreby, arrrested in Koh Samui
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Brit drug kingpin, Jonathan Moreby, arrrested in Koh Samui
A British drug trafficker convicted for his role in a GBP1 million (THB45 million) narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the run, police said Tuesday. This is the latest example of global underworld figures using Thailand as a hideout.
Jonathan Moorby, 47, was detained by Thai police on the popular southern tourist island of Koh Samui on Monday following an investigation by British detectives.
He has a string of previous drug offenses to his name but went on the run in 2014 shortly before an English court sentenced him to nearly 20 years in jail in absentia for conspiracy to supply more than GBP1 million worth of cocaine and amphetamines.
“We were asked by the British Embassy’s Interpol representative to arrest the suspect,” Maj. Gen. Soontorn Chalermkiat of Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Police, told reporters...
http://pattayaone.news/en/british-drug- ... -thailand/
Jonathan Moorby, 47, was detained by Thai police on the popular southern tourist island of Koh Samui on Monday following an investigation by British detectives.
He has a string of previous drug offenses to his name but went on the run in 2014 shortly before an English court sentenced him to nearly 20 years in jail in absentia for conspiracy to supply more than GBP1 million worth of cocaine and amphetamines.
“We were asked by the British Embassy’s Interpol representative to arrest the suspect,” Maj. Gen. Soontorn Chalermkiat of Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Police, told reporters...
http://pattayaone.news/en/british-drug- ... -thailand/
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