Police detained more than 120 people found in their underwear at a drug-fuelled party in Bangkok, officers said.Police Colonel Pansa Amarapitak said on Monday that they were tipped off about a “drug party” in a room at a hotel in central Bangkok early on Sunday morning.
Police photos showed a room full of mostly male suspects in handcuffs wearing nothing but underpants as officers searched them for drugs.
They found 31 of the 124 people arrested were in possession of illegal narcotics such as crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy and ketamine, Pansa said.
He added that all of them tested for the substances and 66 were found with traces in their system.
Pansa said all except two were men and around five were foreigners.
Police are seeking the courts’ permission to hold those suspected of drug possession for questioning beyond the 48-hour window. The rest have been released, Pansa said.
Thailand has been reported as a major hub for drug trafficking in South-East Asia. Police raids and seizures of hard narcotics like heroin and methamphetamine are common. — AFP
