Four riders were detained with drugs that the police claimed may cost B100 million.
PUBLISHED: 7 Sep 2024 at 16: 33
During a police search in the southwestern province of Tha Chang, four drug couriers were detained, and 250 kg of crystal meth were found.
The drugs, which police claimed were intended for trade and could collect 100 million rmb, were hidden in the truck’s fruit baskets and packed in fertiliser baskets.  ,
After stopping the six-wheel vehicle for a search at around 4 o’clock on Friday, bridge officers in the Tha Chang area made the arrest. The drug-supression police had previously called to catch the eastbound car.
The pilot reportedly told police that a Toyota carrying three people on board led him along the way. The vehicle was later intercepted after the soldiers radioed their coworkers to find it. Three more people were arrested.
The four suspects — three people and one person — were the truck driver Suwan Buasri, 28, Theeraphat Thammachot, 23, driver of the car, Suraphon Iem-aksorn, 66, and his family Sujira Iam-aksorn, 58.
Mr. Suwan claimed during questioning that he had brought the drugs through Songkhla state and had smuggled them from Chiang Rai, a northern state. From that, they were expected to be sent to another state, according to police.
All four defendants face drug-related charges after colluding with one another to possess illicit substances. The arresting staff and the narcotics-suppression police work together to get the suspects and the seized drugs into prison.  ,
Officials in Surat Thani unload fertiliser sacks dripping with crystal meth from a truck. ( Photo: Supapong Chaolan )