Six alleged drug mules arrested, 15 million meth pills seized in Chiang Mai

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Six alleged drug mules arrested, 15 million meth pills seized in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

 

Police have arrested six men and seized 15 million methamphetamine pills they were allegedly trying to smuggle from Chiang Mai to Bangkok in four pickup trucks.
 

The arrests were made between 8.30am and 3pm on Monday in four separate incidents at two checkpoints, on a road and at a resort in Mae Ai district in Chiang Mai, and further north in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district.

 

Pol Maj Gen Montree Samboonyanon, acting commissioner of the Provincial Police Bureau 5, revealed details of operation during a press conference at the bureau at 4pm on Tuesday. The six suspects were identified as Rakchart Tansaen, 31, Angkhan Soomkhai, 37, Thiraphat Saengthai, 35, Wallop Munyaem, 350, Thanaphat Munyaem, 22, and Samart Urachuen, 54.

 

The drama began when Mae Chan police at a road checkpoint spotted four empty pickups driving in convoy and became suspicious. They stopped one of the pickups and checked but found nothing untoward.

 

The driver told them he was driving to Mae Ai, so police alerted the Mae Ai and Mae Chan stations to check the pickups when they arrived.

 

One pickup turned up at the Huan Nua resort in Mae Chan, where police stopped it and tested the two occupants for drugs. Both tested positive and were arrested. They told police they were hired to smuggle the drugs from Mae Ai to Bangkok.

 

Police on the Mae Chan-Fang road in Mae Ai then spotted another of the suspicious vehicles and flagged it down. Hidden under a pile of blankets in the back they found 48 bags containing a total 4.8 million methamphetamine pills. The occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody.

 

At 3pm, police from the Mae Ai police station located 102 more bags with 10.2 million meth pills, in a forest near Ban San Tonkhu village in Tambon Tha Don, Mae Ai.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30357054

 

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[YetAnother]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

seized in Chiang Mai

the locations noted in the body of the article have nothing to do with chiang mai; they are all smack dab in the center of the Chiang Rai province, not far from where i live

[marko kok prong]

Walter white is alive and well working hard in Myanmar it seems.

[Vacuum]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Both tested positive and were arrested. They told police they were hired to smuggle the drugs from Mae Ai to Bangkok.

Have to give them credit for preparing themselves for the long journey so they wouldn't fall asleep whilst driving and causing an accident.

[happy chappie]

The loads are getting bigger by the day.somewhere up that way there must be a meth factory the size a car factory.its not coming In a truck no more,it's coming in a convoy.

[from the home of CC]

They seem to be doubling down on each load caught,I expect to read 50 million or 100 million next. Of course these could be all planned seizures, loads designated for interception to save face for the complicit authorities. I'd rather not be cynical but with the cheap Chinese precursors and low overhead there's going to be enough money floating around to buy anyone. This will never end unless a totally radical new approach is put into play.   

[mok199]

Meth Meth Meth...Mabey what Thailand needs now is some Phsycadelics, ''orange barrel or purple micro dot'',drop some acid and take a trip for a change...

[toofarnorth]

5 hours ago, YetAnother said:

the locations noted in the body of the article have nothing to do with chiang mai; they are all smack dab in the center of the Chiang Rai province, not far from where i live

and I live in Mae Chan , just along from the DEA checkpoint , good job , get more of em.

[jvs]

350 years old and still  running drugs,amazing Thailand!!

 

[Elkski]

That looks and sounds like a lot.     What is the street value if that?  They always say in USA article.    Is this speed?   How many pills per person?  1 or 5?   Who is taking all of this?  The youth? Tourists?  Daytime, night clubbers.  

[Kieran00001]

On 10/24/2018 at 10:26 AM, happy chappie said:

The loads are getting bigger by the day.somewhere up that way there must be a meth factory the size a car factory.its not coming In a truck no more,it's coming in a convoy.

 

The seizures are getting bigger on their other borders as well, they are growing for sure, their Bangladeshi market is already in the multi millions and no doubt it will be India next.  But if they had one big factory it would be easy, they would just raid it, the problem is that they have lots of small mobile factories, the rebel soldiers frequently move them around the jungle, which makes it difficult for the authorities to make a dent in their production.