The Provincial Police narcotics suppression unit, led by Lt Ritthichai Chumchoy, arrested two men from Nakhon Si Thammarat, Supawit Sirirak, 23, and Worrawut Saeloy, 28, with 45 grams of cooked kratom leaves, an unregistered 12 gauge gun and two shotgun shells at their rented room in soi Yodsanae 2 in Chalong at 10pm.
Lt. Ritthichai said the arrest of the two came after undercover police reported that the suspects were using their rented room as a place for local teens to hang out and take drugs.
Undercover officers had been monitoring their activity for a while and at 9:30pm, police raided the room after receiving a report of suspicious activity taking place.
"The room was open and we found Supawit and Worawut inside. When we searched the room, we discovered an unregistered gun and bullets in the room and cooked kratom in a plastic bottle in the bathroom."
"Both men said that all items belonged to their roommate Damrongsak Petchwong who was at work when police searched their room," said Lt Ritthichai.
The two men were taken to Provincial police station and were charged with illegal possession of Category 5 drug and illegal possession of firearm. Supawit and Worawut will then be sent to Chalong police station to face their charges.