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As the title of this video suggests, it appears the Police have apprehended what appears to be a major player in drug trafficking here in Southeast Asia. I thought of making this video after reading a recent article from the Pattaya Mail, that is pattayamail.com, the article is titled: Bangkok Police bring down Nigerian 'Dodorima' Boss after dramatic escape attempt. Quoting directly: "A Nigerian national accused of leading a major transnational drug trafficking network was arrested in Bangkok after allegedly attempting to ram police officers with his vehicle during a dramatic operation to evade capture, June 10. The arrest came during Operation "Clip the Wings of Dodorima" - I kind of like the names that the police come up with some of operations; it's just like they just kind of slap a name on the operation, just go with it. Tip of the hat to you guys, whatever. That said, quoting further: "led by Metropolitan Police Bureau Deputy Commissioner Major General Theeradej Thamsuthee in coordination with Thailand's Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB). Authorities tracked the suspect to a condominium on Rama III Road, where Officers moved in to make the arrest. Police said the alleged kingpin attempted a last-minute escape by driving his vehicle toward Officers in an effort to break through the police cordon. The effort failed, and he was taken into custody without further incident. According to Police, the suspect had spent seven years in Thailand and is believed to have risen from a low-level drug courier to the head of a sophisticated narcotics network with an estimated cash flow exceeding 380 million Baht. Authorities allege the group used charitable activities and public donations as a cover for its illegal operations. Members of the network reportedly participated in community outreach programs and donated goods to various causes, helping them cultivate relationships and build credibility within local communities while concealing their criminal activities."

Yeah, I think across the board one thing that we can say is, we are sitting here in 2026. Going back into quarter to 2020 we had COVID. Police and other policy makers and folks in Government have had various priorities - whether or not they were legitimate, that it was a good idea to prioritize those things is another question - but they have had other priorities, and we are now seeing those priorities shift. 

As we have discussed in other videos, there were two stockpiles - I don't know the word, I call it cache, people say it's "cache", weapons cache, weapons "cache, stockpiles of weapons, they found two different ones in two different provinces tied in together with this nominee stuff. Then on top of that, we are seeing law enforcement efforts across the board that are dealing with a lot of foreigners who have come into Thailand - even more recently than seven years ago - that have been engaging in just flouting Thai Law etc. Now this operation seems to have been rather more sophisticated insofar as it was good at concealing itself behind fronts of things like charity and community outreach, etc. But that said, again I think it's important to point out that the Thai Police are increasingly proactive and their assiduousness has not been dialed back even a notch when it comes to issues involving drug trafficking. 

So the thing to take away from this video and understand is this overarching trend of law enforcement and its increasingly proactive stance toward foreign crime, I don't think it is going anywhere. Meanwhile, we are also seeing them bring online things like AI, as well as digital capabilities, to go ahead and track and trace various aspects of corporate functions here in such a way that whereas at one time these could act as a sort of smoke screen for foreigners looking to engage in nefarious activities here in Thailand. If anything, now they are becoming an albatross to sort of bring up the rhyme of the Ancient Mariner where it sort of starts off as something good - well good for these people's purposes to the sort of create a front whereby they can't be seen to be doing what they are doing - went from that to being, again to being a detriment. I think if anything, a lot of these corporate structures for these criminals are probably going to start operating against them more and more as time moves on. 

That being said, it is clear again, Thai Police are being proactive in matters involving foreign criminals; I don't think that's going anywhere. That said, it remains to be seen how this plays out, so we will certainly be keeping folks updated on this channel as that situation evolves.