Two men arrested with over 630,000 speed pills

Two men arrested with over 630,000 speed pills

Pol Lt Col Boonlert Wisetchart, deputy commander of the Border Patrol Police Sub-division 24, inspects the seized drug at the sub-division in Muang district, Udon Thani, on Tuesday. (Police photo)
Pol Lt Col Boonlert Wisetchart, assistant chief of the Border Patrol Police Sub-division 24, inspects the seized medicine at the sub-division in Muang area, Udon Thani, on Tuesday. ( Police photo )

NONG KHAI: Boundary patrol officers arrested two men with 632,360 meth tablets in Muang city later Monday night.

Pol Lt Col Boonlert Wisetchart, assistant chief of the Border Patrol Police Sub-division 24, said on Tuesday that Yommana Bannarak, 37, and Pinyowit Watthan, 26, were arrested with their bright Nissan Almera vehicles which carried the packages of the rate pills hidden in three buckets.

Before the imprisonment, authorities were informed that offenders in the car may get cocaine from Nong Khai to Udon Thani. The vehicle was spotted at an intersection in tambon Nai Muang of Muang city, Nong Khai, at about 11. 30pm Monday.

When police showed up at the vehicle and demanded a search, the vehicle was accelerated and hit a police car. After it was blocked, both offenders got off the car and tried to escape but to no cost.