Police seize 318kg of ‘ice’ from pickup but driver escapes

[snoop1130]

Police seize 318kg of ‘ice’ from pickup but driver escapes

By Marut Boonnarumit
The Nation

 

 

Highway police on Thursday intercepted a pickup truck and seized 318 kilograms of crystal meth or "ice" in Nakhon Ratchasima province.

 

The pickup came from another northeastern border province along the Mekong River and was being driven towards the central province of Lop Buri for eventual dispatch to the South.

 

Following a tip-off that a large batch of narcotics would be transported through Nakhon Ratchasima, highway police set up a checkpoint on the Dan Khun Thod-Chai Badan Road in Dan Khun Thod district to look out for the vehicle that fit the description.

 

They spotted the suspicious Mitsubishi Strada pickup with a Bangkok licence plate, which tried to speed away. After a chase, police caught up with the vehicle but it was abandoned in an alley with the engine still running while the driver fled the scene.

 

Police found 318 kilograms of "ice" in the vehicle. A hunt has been launched for the driver and his drug-trafficking accomplices.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376779

 

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[unamazedloso]

Always getting away. This is insane!! Gives me the impression the police are just robbing these people and selling it all off. With no arrests or any such thing whats in it for them? Police here really dont do anything unless they profit with no care for anything else. Surely it cant be big brown envelopes????

If this aint corruption of the worst kind i dont know what is. Every week im sure i read about a drug bust with someone escaping and Its just not possible and how do i know. I was one, if they want you they'll get ya????????

[tracker1]

Escapees nearly as common as brake failure !

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police found 318 kilograms of "ice" in the vehicle. A hunt has been launched for the driver and his drug-trafficking accomplices.

You mean the mastermind & money behind the outfit, the driver is just that... the driver, he has no accomplices?

 

[sead]

16 hours ago, unamazedloso said:

Always getting away. This is insane!! Gives me the impression the police are just robbing these people and selling it all off. With no arrests or any such thing whats in it for them? Police here really dont do anything unless they profit with no care for anything else. Surely it cant be big brown envelopes????

If this aint corruption of the worst kind i dont know what is. Every week im sure i read about a drug bust with someone escaping and Its just not possible and how do i know. I was one, if they want you they'll get ya????????

Getting away means no one can tell how much there was. Luckily it was the police who took it. Phew...

[BobBKK]

How much did he pay?

[essox essox]

15 hours ago, tracker1 said:

Escapees nearly as common as brake failure !

or the new one the other day "my steering wheel came lose"!!!

[seajae]

driver probably got out of the car and put on his police jacket and hat so he blended in with his mates

[Tropposurfer]

Let’s hope this evil <deleted> stays off the streets???????? good job plod ????

[Damrongsak]

On 9/26/2019 at 11:50 PM, essox essox said:

or the new one the other day "my steering wheel came lose"!!!

News from early last year: 

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 1.4 million Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans in North America because loose bolts could allow the steering wheel to come off.

The automaker said it knows of two accidents and one injury linked to the problem, which federal regulators began investigating in October.