A close relative of Zhou Sang, leader of Nayai militia in Southern Shan State’s Namzang township, has categorically denied he had anything to do with the 761kg seized on 10 July in Tachilek.
Druglord denies link to 10 July haul
WEDNESDAY, 29 JULY 2009 11:27 S.H.A.N.
A close relative of Zhou Sang, leader of Nayai militia in Southern Shan State’s Namzang township, has categorically denied he had anything to do with the 761kg seized on 10 July in Tachilek.
She however refused to say to whom the consignment belonged to.
The police have been busy interrogating and arresting suspects as well as confiscating their properties since the seizure was made in Tachilek almost 3 weeks ago.
The chief suspect is Ah Fa aka Chen Tafa aka Tin Oo, who is believed to be the main middleman. According to Thai and Burmese drug enforcement officials, he has fled from his home in Nakawngmu, Mongton township, into Thailand. He could be hiding in Nong Ook, officially known as Ban Arunothai in Chiangmai’s Chiangdao district, opposite Mongton township, they said.
Meanwhile, a source from Namzang says military and police authorities had made “a surprise call” on Nayai and its neighbor Mark Kieng militia group in the wake of the seizure. “They did not find anything suspicious,” said the source. “Of course, the groups had already received advanced information of the visit.”
According to reliable sources, the seized drugs originated in Namzang from where it set out on a 400 km drive through Mongnai, Langkher, Mongpan, Mongton and Monghsat to Tachilek. The journey ended opposite Maesai in Tachilek, where they were caught.-Zhou Sang, a former associate of the late Khun Sa, is named in several drug reports as a major drug producer and entrepreneur.
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