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2 'Jae Fang' syndicate crew nabbed for illegal fuel

Contraband fuel is transferred from a truck to a pickup in tambon Thung Lung in Songkhla's Hat Yai district. About 2,000 litres were smuggled in from Malaysia, where petrol retails for half the price of Thailand. The tambon is located 30km from the border. Two people were arrested and charged with possessing untaxed fuel. (Police Photo)

Two suspects from a crime syndicate known for smuggling fuel from Malaysia to resell it in the South were arrested in Hat Yai, according to the Royal Thai Police's (RTP) Fuel Crime Suppression Centre.

The two suspects, identified as Nee Usman and Eeb Madyusoh, were members of the syndicate known as "Jae Fang", who allegedly smuggled petrol from Malaysia to resell it in the southern provinces, mostly in Songkhla, Satun and Narathiwat, deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said on Thursday in his capacity as the Fuel Crime Suppression Centre's acting director.

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