Thai Police Nab Six, Including Singaporean, Over Alleged Sale of Drug-Laced Vapes

A Singaporean man was part of a group arrested in Bangkok for selling drug-laced electronic cigarettes, amassing nearly 16 million baht (S$627,000) in suspected ill-gotten gains, said the police in Thailand.

- Lok Jian Wen

The 37-year-old Singaporean, identified by the police as Neo Ming Loon, was among six suspects arrested on April 30.

Evidence, including vaping equipment and cash, was also seized in two raids—one at a house in the Bangkok subdistrict of Din Daeng, the other at an apartment in Pathum Thani province north of the Thai capital.

The Royal Thai Police's Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) said in a statement on May 2 that they had received a report about smuggled e-cigarettes or vapes that were mixed with narcotics like ketamine and hawked as "Kpods" to tourists.

Suspicions were partially confirmed when an undercover officer managed to purchase a vape for around 2,500 baht from one of the suspects described as a low-level dealer, said the police.