Immigration police arrested Thi Car “Chu” Myint, 35, at a workers’ camp in the the Vichit district. They found her carrying 60 ya bah pills, 200 milligrams of ya ice and B1,500 in cash.
An Immigration officer who asked not to be named told The Phuket News, “We have followed a group of Myanmar workers we believed were involved in drugs for two or three months.
“An undercover officer managed to buy 10 ya bah pills from one of them yesterday for B2,500.
“We located the workers’ camp where they lived in and decided to carry out a raid.
“When we entered the camp some of the workers ran away but we managed to apprehend Chu, and when we searched her we found the drugs.
“We believe that she has been supplying drugs to a number of workers in the area.”
Chu is now being held at Vichit Police Station where she is to be charged with possession of Category 1 drugs with intent to sell.