Chiang mai: Seized 3 million methamphetamine pills, over 200 kg of ice and ketamine. Taking advantage of the long holiday period to smuggle large quantities of drugs into several areas in the northern region, police intercepted five cases and seized a total of 3 million methamphetamine pills and over 200 kg of ice and K.
According to Thai News Agency, drug smuggling operations took advantage of the long holiday period to smuggle large quantities of drugs into several areas in the northern region. Police intercepted five cases, seizing 3 million methamphetamine pills, 149 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, and over 100 kilograms of ketamine.
The Commander of Provincial Police Region 5 stated that three of the five cases were in Phrae province. Police at the Huai Rai checkpoint arrested two suspects for driving a pickup truck with a fake license plate and concealing crystal meth and ketamine, which were being transported to Chonburi. They also intercepted a ten-wheel truck carrying over one million methamphetamine pills hidden in the passenger seat behind the driver, arresting two suspects. In another case, Wang Chin Police Station seized 1.8 million methamphetamine pills after the suspects were found driving through a checkpoint but acting suspiciously.
Chiang Rai police seized 110 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine after a suspect attempted to flee police and crashed into a concrete road barrier. In Chiang Mai, 600,000 methamphetamine pills were seized hidden in an abandoned car on the side of the road in Chiang Dao District.