Courier arrested, meth seized after car chase

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PUBLISHED: 22 May 2024 at 11: 12

Courier arrested, meth seized after car chase
Troops imprisonment alleged drug mail Jakha Ja- ou, 40, seated and handcuffed, and seize 20 packages containing 4 million cocaine pills following a fight in Mae Ai area, Chiang Mai, on Tuesday evening. ( Photo supplied / Panumate Tanraksa )

Following a vehicle chase in Mae Ai city on Tuesday night, a medication courier was detained and about 4 million meth pills were seized.

On Tuesday evening, soldiers in the Fang area set up a path station in the monk region of Tambon Mon Pin based on information that smugglers would bring a shipment of drugs inland from the Myanmar borders. &nbsp,

Around 8:40 p.m., they flagged down a delivery vehicle with Chiang Mai sheets and headed for Mae Ai. The Northern Border Narcotics Drug and Chemical Substance Control Unit ( Taskforce 35 ) launched a chase.

About 11.30pm, they managed to catch and prevent the delivery truck on Highway 1089 at Kavila community in Mae Ai area, Gen Narit Thawonwong, captain of the Taskforce&nbsp, 35, said.

Driver Jakha Ja- ou, 40, a tribal of Chiang Mai’s Chai Prakan city, was arrested after 20 items containing a total of 4 million meth tablets were found inside the delivery.

The believe was held for legal actions. The research was continuing.

Solders using cocaine medications recovered from a pickup truck. ( Photo supplied / Panumate Tanraksa )