A sequence of drug traffickers stopped at checkpoints in and round Chiang Rai over the last week has netted a total of 15.2 million meth pills found and seized by police. Yesterday the police revealed a sequence of incidents at checkpoints within the northern area the place police discovered big quantities of methamphetamines hidden inside vehicles.
Several giant busts were made on January 14 and January 15 that were just announced, in addition to a confrontation early this morning that netted 6.6 million meth tablets. The details of four notably fruitful checkpoint stops are under:
JANUARY 19, 2:30 AM
In Mae Sai district in the early hours of this morning, an Isuzu MU-X SUV blew by way of a military checkpoint based on the commander of the North Region Drug Suppression Operation Centre. Soldiers stationed there gave chase and managed to catch up and move the SUV and stop it. Inside Illegal discovered and arrested a 28-year old driver from Sing Buri province along with 33 luggage containing 6.6 million meth drugs.
JANUARY 15, 7:30 PM
A drug checkpoint in Mae Phrik in Lampang province pulled over a Toyota Rigo and a Toyota Corolla. 3 men between the ages of 20 and forty two in the automobiles from Ban Pong district in Ratchaburi have been are arrested for transporting 143 packages which have a complete of 286,000 meth drugs inside.
JANUARY 14, 8:30 PM
Police in Khun Tan district silver a Toyota Revo pickup truck and a Mitsubishi Pajero SUV. 30 huge luggage with about 6 million meth tablets had been discovered it within the SUV, leading to the arrest of three males between the ages of 21 and 25, two of which had been from Chiang Rai and one from Phayao.
JANUARY 14, 6:30 PM
In Denchai district of Phrae province, police mentioned an x-ray checkpoint obtained an odd request. The proprietor of an Isuzu pickup truck travelling with a driver requested that police search his car. He said that a man had paid him 6,000 baht to pick up vegetables from my home in Chiang Rai close to the central Sports Stadium and transport them to Samut Prakan’s Samrong Nua district.
They picked up 30 foam packing containers but as they had been transporting them, the proprietor felt suspicious so he told the driving force to stop on the X-ray checkpoint. Scans revealed that only 18 of the bins had greens and that 12 of them beneath the vegetable bins were full of two.3 million meth drugs.
Police are investigating that unusual incident further to try to determine who bought or offered the cache of meth tablets that the truck driver turned caught in the course of..