Two houses worth 35 million baht in total have been seized as part of a money laundering investigation.
A combined force of Anti-Money Laundering Office officials, police and Special Task Force soldiers raided the two houses in Muang district of Narathiwat province on January 15. Both properties were empty when the force arrived. It is thought the contents were earlier removed from one house, while the other house was still under construction.
An official said the houses belonged to Mareepeng Tahae, 47, who was arrested in 2008 with 24,000 methamphetamine pills and 11.5 kilogrammes of cannabis.