Nach einem Bericht der BKK Post wurde der Drogenring von einer thai-chinesischen Triade, mit Namen 14 K betrieben.
14 K hat offensichtlich ein Kooperation mit der United Wa State Army geschlossen, die die Pillen in Burma mit provisionsmäßiger Beteiligung der Regierung in großem Stil herstellt.
Die Behörden gehen davon aus, das die Schweiz erstmal zum Testmarkt ausgesucht wurde.
Bei dieser riesigen Aktion, die durchgeführt wurde, immerhin hatten die Thaibehörden die Verdächtigen bereits observiert, stellt man sich die Frage, ob nur die "Soldaten" festgenommen wurde, oder auch "Schlangenköpfe", (=Triadenköpfe)
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A hundred arrested in huge Swiss bust
Wa smuggling pills with help of Triad
Bangkok Post, AFT
A huge drug bust of 450,000 methamphetamine pills in Geneva early
yesterday revealed that the Wa-Chinese Triad drug cartel has begun
smuggling speed abroad.
Police arrested 102 people in co-ordinated raids across Switzerland.
It was the climax of an international effort that also included drug
fighters from Thailand, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein.
In Bern, officers displayed the seized speed pills and described how
they were smuggled into Europe. Smugglers mostly shipped the
methamphetamines by air freight, hidden among normal-looking Thai
exports like canned food, clothing or stuffed children´s toys. Most
items were imported through the Zurich airport.
It was the first major bust of Golden Triangle methamphetamines in
Europe. Police said the so-called ``Thai pills´´ appeared on the
illicit drug market in Geneva and other major Swiss cities several
months ago.
Thai drug experts said there was no doubt the drugs were made by the
United Wa State Army. Probably, they were smuggled to Europe by their
allies in the 14K Triad.
The groups formed an alliance last year, mainly to smuggle heroin from
the UWSA region.
The Bangkok-based experts identified the speed pills by appearance,
colour and marking. Many were marked with the distinctive ``Wy´´ brand
long seen on the Thai drug scene.
``Maybe now, the world will take our drug problem a little more
seriously,´´ said a member of the Thai anti-drug police. Thai
officials said they were kept informed of the Swiss police action.
Thai police helped track shipments of yaba. Smugglers used a wide
range of products to hide the pills, including sealed cans of Green
Nuts which had more than hard peas, bright yellow plush ducks
supposedly meant for children, and clothing with tiny plastic bags of
drugs sewn into the seams.
The head of a regional Swiss police anti-drugs squad, Christian
Hochstaettler, said that after the drugs reached Switzerland they went
to the town of Bienne, which has rapidly become a ``breakdown point´´
for storage and distribution to street dealers.
Dieter Stussi of the federal criminal police said the Wa-14K ring was
using Switzerland as a test market. They believed they could get the
pills into Switzerland, and then distribute them to neighbouring
countries, across undefended borders.
The profits were massive. On the street, the speed was selling for 15
to 20 Swiss francs, or 400 to 530 baht per pill. That price rose by
50% this week when police began making seizures. Officers said they
had only mid- and lower-level dealers in custody, with apparently no
big fish in the net.
