Drug suspect escapes but troops seize 7.8 million meth pills, 50 kg of 'ice'

[rooster59]

Drug suspect escapes but troops seize 7.8 million meth pills, 50 kg of 'ice'

By The Nation

 

 

Army troops seized 7.8 million methamphetamines pills and some crystal meth in Chiang Rai province on Friday night but the drug mule managed to flee.

 

Troops manning a checkpoint on Doi Luang-Wiang Chiang Rung Road in Tambon Dong Mahawan, Chiang Rung district, spotted a pickup truck without a licence plate approaching at about 9.45pm.

 

The pickup defied signals to stop and sped through the checkpoint, prompting troops to go in pursuit. The pickup fell on the roadside about 350 metres into the chase but the driver managed to escape on foot into the dark.

 

Troops searched the pickup and found the meth pills in 39 bags as well as two bags of crystal meth. Third Army Area commander Lt Gen Wichak Siribansop told a press conference Saturday mornning that the crystal meth weighed about 50 kilograms.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30345795

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-19

[Get Real]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Drug suspect escapes but troops seize 7.8 million meth pills, 50 kg of 'ice'

No problem! Let him run. Even if the long arm of the law will not reach him, he will definately and certainly be well taken care of by his boss that just lost a market value of enormuos proportions. 

[edwinchester]

".....the drug mule managed to flee."

 

Should be in every journalists cut and paste as it happens so often.

[janhkt]

A variant of "the driver fled the scene".

Edited May 19, 2018 by janhkt

[anon4637435435]

So thats it then. He escaped, cant catch him. Pathetic. Dont the pigs know that you only fail if you give up or perhaps its a bribed runner....? I think sooooo.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 hours ago, edwinchester said:

".....the drug mule managed to flee."

 

Should be in every journalists cut and paste as it happens so often.

 

They got the drugs... That's all they wanted/needed....

[Classic Ray]

Pickup truck without a licence plate. Very little police attention paid to vehicles without plates here, so many people can get away easily. If ANPR starts to be used here, maybe a little effort will be made to give some accountability. I suppose it depends how much potential profit can be made.

[holy cow cm]

Probably on his own drug is why he could run so fast.