4.7m meth pills seized, 4 arrested in Lampang

4.7m meth pills seized, 4 arrested in Lampang
A car driven by a drug suspect overturned after it was chased by police in Mae Phrik district in Lampang province on Wednesday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)
A car driven with a drug suspect overturned after it was chased by police in Mae Phrik region in Lampang state on Wednesday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)

CHIANG MAI: Police seized 4. 7 million methamphetamine pills and caught four men within Lampang province upon July 6, a senior officer mentioned on Sunday.

At about 5. 50am on Wed, police manning the drug checkpoint on Thoen-Mae Phrik street in Lampang’s Mae Phrik district signalled a Chiang Mai-registered car to stop for a search, Provincial Law enforcement Region 5 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Piya Tawichai informed a press meeting.

The car sped through the gate, hit a police vehicle in its way and overturned.

The police arrested the  two people within the car, and a lookup revealed 20 hand bags containing 4. seven million meth pills in total.

Information from the two led the police in order to arrest two additional men in a pick-up acting as a lookout vehicle.   The pickup was also grabbed.

The four men had been charged with getting illicit drugs in possession with intent to sell. They were handed over to Mae Phrik police for lawful proceedings.

Pol Lt Style Piya said the particular four suspects, who also he did not recognize, confessed they had been hired to deliver the particular meth pills from Chiang Rai, meant for Ayutthaya state.

An investigation was underway to find other members of the drug network plus their customers, he or she added.