BANGKOK, April 20 – Thailand’s Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has allocated Bt12 million bounty for the 25 most wanted drug dealers and run a 24-hour information hotline, according to Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung.

Mr Chalerm, in his capacity as Director of the National Command Center for Drugs (NCCD), said the Bt12 million in rewards was set for information leading to the arrest of 25 of the most wanted drug dealers to suppress the major drug trafficking syndicates including drug kingpin Usman Salaemaeng who operates network in the southernmost provinces and drug lord Naokan (NorKham or NarKham) who directs drug cartels along the Thai, Myanmar, and China borders.

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