5 arrested with 500,000 speed pills

[Muthukali]

Published: 20/09/2012 at 07:07 PM
Online news: Crimes

Five men of Hmong origin were arrested on Wednesday night with 500,000 methamphetamine pills in their possession after narcotics suppression police gave chase to four pick-up trucks on Highway 11 in Tha Tako district of Nakhon Sawan.

Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong, the national police chief, said the seizure followed a tip-off that a drug gang would transport the drugs from Chiang Rai, possibly destined for Bangkok.

Police followed four pick-up trucks along Highway 11 and managed to stop them in Tha Tako district of Nakhon Sawan and arrested the five men. Two other suspects escaped.

In a subsequent search, the police found 500,000 methamphetamine pills with a street value of about 150 million baht in one of the trucks.

 

[Muthukali]

Two arrested, crystal meth seized

Published: 20/09/2012 at 04:01 PM
Online news: Crimes

SURAT THANI – Police on Thursday arrested two suspects who sped away from a checkpoint and found a kilogramme of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice, in their vehicle.

Police said they set up a regular checkpoint on Thursday morning at Surat Thani's Ban Na San district.

The suspects did not stop their car when they reached the checkpoint.

Police followed them for about two kilometres and were able to stop them by firing shots at the vehicle's tyres.

The suspects were identified as Eakkarak Reabukkaree, 32, and Saichol Realoh, 27.

Police found one kilogramme of ya ice in the car's boot.

The suspects told police that they bought the drugs from Bangkok to be resold to drug users in the southern province.

They also claimed that this was their first job.