NARATHIWAT (Bernama): Six Malaysians, who were arrested at a hotel near Sungai Golok allegedly for drug possession on Friday, will be charged in court.
Sungai Golok Police chief Col. Pol. Jedsadavit Ingprapan said that in addition to the drug offence, the suspects are being investigated for allegedly entering Thailand without valid documents.
"They will be charged in court in the near future on two charges," he told Bernama when contacted on Sunday.
Jedsadavit said the suspects are currently being detained at the Sungai Golok police station lock-up and will be transferred to the Narathiwat Court lock-up on Monday pending prosecution.
On Friday, the Narcotics Division from the Sungai Golok police station raided a hotel near Sungai Golok at 5am and arrested six Malaysians, aged between 25 and 34, for drug possession.
As a result of the police investigation, it was found that the suspects were in possession of 6,000 Yaba pills.
ITR was also rfeported in the local media that a popular modern dikir barat singer from Kelantan was among six Malaysians detained in Thailand for alleged possession of drugs.
According to a Thai police source, the female singer, who is in her 30s, was arrested along with five others at a hotel near Sungai Golok town at about 6am yesterday.
“The suspects were arrested after leaving an entertainment centre near the hotel. It is believed that two unidentified individuals escaped the scene during the police raid,” said the source, Bernama reported.
The source added that two of the Malaysians detained had crossed into Thailand through an illegal entry point near Rantau Panjang.
The other four suspects had entered the neighbouring country using proper channel via the Rantau Panjang Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex.
Meanwhile, Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat, when contacted, confirmed the arrests during the raid.
