A Thai drug lord who had multiple plastic surgery procedures to disguise himself as a “handsome Korean man” was nabbed by police in Bangkok on Friday. Sarahat Sawangjaeng, 25, went under the knife several times to transform his face, and changed his name to Jimin Cheong...
A Thai drug lord who had multiple plastic surgery procedures to disguise himself as a “handsome Korean man” was nabbed by police in Bangkok on Friday.
Sarahat Sawangjaeng, 25, went under the knife several times to transform his face, and changed his name to Jimin Cheong while attempting to dodge detectives. Thai publication Thaiger said Mr Sarahat, who imported MDMA to the country from Europe, was arrested at a condominium in the upmarket Bang Na district of Bangkok.After being on the run since December 2022, he was finally caught after an undercover police officer pretended to be interested in working as a drug mule for him.
Thai media reported that the police were shocked when they arrived to arrest Mr Sarahat as “none of his original face was left”, and he had transformed into a “handsome Korean man”.
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