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THE NARCOTICS Suppression Bureau (NSB) has issued a second summons for actress Napapa “Patt” Tantrakul to hear charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The actress must turn herself in by Monday or investigators will seek an arrest warrant, a source at the NSB said on Thursday.
Investigators
had evidence that the actress possessed money that her husband,
motorbike racing star Akarakit “Benz Racing” Worarojcharoendet, received
from a network led by alleged Lao drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpa, the
source said.
Akarakit allegedly received money from Natthapol
Nakkham, a suspect connected to Xaysana’s alleged network who has
already been arrested, and transferred about Bt1.9 million to Napapa.
Although most of the money was sent
to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), the alleged crime
had already been committed, prompting investigators to apply for an
arrest warrant on Tuesday, the source said. However, a criminal court
judge ruled that Napapa had a permanent address and was not a flight
risk, so a summons for her to hear the charges was appropriate. The
first summons called for her to surrender herself yesterday but she
failed to do so, the source said, so investigators secured a second
summons that would require her to show up by Monday or an arrest warrant
would be issued.
Source - TheNation
