Man nabbed over toll dues

Early on Monday, a Thai driver was detained by highway police in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung area after failing to pay more than 70,000 baht in accumulated toll charges.

At 1.30 a.m. on Monday, Highway Police officials led by acting chief Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew detained the pilot, who was identified as Term Nuo.

In an effort to increase the flow of traffic on the highway, barrier-free M – Movement programmes were installed last year on some doors along Motorway 9 between Bang Pa-in and Bang Phli.

The channel is accessible to motorists without an M-Flow account, but they must pay any exceptional fees within two days of using it. If they don’t pay on time, they’ll have to pay a great that’s ten times the amount of the cost.

The Toyota delivery truck Term Nuo was operating was one of the top 20 criminals listed by the police, having used the M-Flow programs 266 days without being charged. Full paid toll charges for Term Nuo totaled 71, 580 baht.

According to Term Nuo, he was hired to offer products to Chon Buri from the Simummuang industry in Pathum Thani. Because visitors was much lighter in the M-Flow programmes than in other lanes, he chose to use them.

He claimed he didn’t get a warning to give them.