Two Chinese men were arrested in Pattaya early Tuesday morning for possession of crystal methamphetamine, smuggled vapes and cigarettes for alleged sale at parties.
Pattaya police said information from a Thai woman who went through a drug rehabilitation programme led to the arrest of the suspects, identified only as Lian and Qi, aged 33 and 46 years.
They were arrested at a condominium building car park in Jomtien area about 1.30am.
The young woman said she had taken drugs at a party attended by the two foreigners, who had used and sold the drugs to revellers.
The two men were arrested in the process of selling drugs to a Chinese buyer. They had packets containing a total of 49 grammes of crystal meth, aka “ice", according to police.
Police searched the suspects' rooms and found another 0.49gm of “ice”, about 2,000 vaping devices and 200 cartons of smuggled cigarettes.
They allegedly told police they obtained the goods from a Chinese friend in Bangkok, with the intent to sell to foreign tourists in Pattaya, especially at parties.
