NAKHON PHANOM: 2 men were imprisoned after 606, 1000 methamphetamine pills were found in their car at a drug remain in Ban Phaeng district on Tuesday night time, police said.
A combined military-police patrol setup an interception checkpoint on Highway 212 at Moo five villlage in tambon Ban Phaeng following a tip-off that an amount of drugs had been smuggled across the river from Laos into Ban Phaeng district.
Late on Tuesday night, a black BMW has been stopped at the checkpoint. A search found three bags containing 303 packages of meth, a total of 606, 000 pills. The 2 men in the vehicle were arrested.
The susupects, Narathip Taentumma, 27, and Amnuay Bunchaikung, 45, both through Nong Khai’s Sang Khom district, stated they were being paid by a man within Laos to deliver medicines to clients within the Northeast. They had currently made about 10 delivery runs and were paid hundred, 000 baht each time.
The investigation into the smuggling ring was continuing.