Thai Police Dress as Dancers to Arrest Drug Suspect
Thai officers posed as a female dance troupe during a street festival in Tha Luang to detain a man suspected of drug sales. The suspect was found with methamphetamine and drug-packaging materials.
nypost.comThai police officers in Tha Luang dressed as female dancers during a street festival to arrest a man suspected of selling narcotics. The officers posted a photograph on Facebook showing six people, five of them male, wearing sparkly dresses after the operation. Only one person in the image appeared to be a biological female.
Police identified the suspect as Mekha Fa-wap-wap.
Officers found him in possession of 53 methamphetamine pills, more than 200 plastic bags, and a mobile phone. Mekha now faces charges for possessing category one narcotics for sale and operating an unauthorized slot machine. He remains in custody.
Police have used similar disguises in prior cases.
Officers in Bangkok recently dressed as a lion dance troupe during Lunar New Year celebrations to apprehend a repeat offender. A social-media user described the Tha Luang operation as “21 Jump Street at play.
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Mekha faces narcotics and gambling charges in Thai courts.
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