Three arrested for attempting to smuggle 230kg of kratom into Phuket

The Phuket News

 

The three were arrested at the Phuket Check Point yesterday (May 30). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Two men were arrested at the Phuket Check Point yesterday (May 30) for attempting to smuggle 230kg of kratom onto the island.

 

 

Maj Tawan Lekmad of the Phuket Provincial Police explained that officers had already received a tip-off about the delivery and were just waiting for the pickup to arrive.

 

The pickup arrived as expected, at about 4:30pm, and officers searched the back of the truck.

 

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Arrested for having leaves of a tree growing naturally...... wonder how much money this bust cost ? 

They should just have waited to the end of this month (June).

 

Everybody expects the law to make kratom legal, at the end of June.