Nigerian caught selling cocaine outside Patong Hospital
published : 20 Nov 2025 at 08:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
Police arrested a Nigerian man on a charge of selling cocaine in the parking lot at Patong Hospital in Phuket on Wednesday.
The suspect was caught in a sting operation that led to his immediate arrest, police said.
Arresting officers seized two small packets of cocaine with a total of 1.10 grams of the drug, purchased for 6,000 baht as part of the undercover buy.
The suspect was charged with unauthorised sale of a category 2 drug (cocaine). He was not named.
He was being held in police custody for further investigation and legal action.
Vocabulary
- legal action: the process of going to court to have something decided officially by law -
- seize: to take something using official power and force - จับกุม
- sting operation: an action by police to catch criminals by tricking them, e.g. by pretending to buy illegal drugs -
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
- undercover: working secretly using a false appearance in order to get information for the police or government - ลึกลับ,ลี้ลับ,ทำอย่างลับ
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