Bar owner busted for drug peddling

NARCOTICS: A bar owner on the resort island of Phi Phi in Krabi province has been arrested — and 23 million baht worth of assets frozen— for allegedly peddling drugs.

A female suspect identified as Supranee yesterday was whisked from a resort in Koh Yao Yai in Phangnga province where she has been hiding since March 14.

Ms Supranee is one of the owners of Banana Bar on Phi Phi Island.

The bar was raided on March

1 at which time her business partner, Piyawat Khunbanteng was arrested.