Watermelon carrying pick-up overturns and driver flees scene - the reason soon becomes obvious

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police were called to a bend in the road in Sakon Nakhon in the north east of Thailand after a pick-up carrying a load of watermelon overturned at 5 am.

 

Locals came to lend their assistance first, but discovered that the driver was nowhere to be found. 

 

The reason for this soon became obvious - hidden in the back of the pic-up among the fruit was 400 kilos of compressed marijuana. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Akat Amnuay police are investigating but said that it appeared that the driver had taken advantage of the easing of the curfew to make a delivery of drugs from the border hidden among the watermelons. 

 

The evidence was taken into the police station.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

 

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7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Watermelon carrying pick-up overturns and driver flees scene - the reason soon becomes obvious

I was expecting to read the driver was overloaded with big melons.

 

 

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

The evidence was taken into the police station.

It'll take the police a long time to dispose of all those melons.

Somebody is not going to be happy ... ????

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

and the driver flee's ......  i'm not sure how he thinks the police can't locate the vehicle's owner. 

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

impossible 

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

They slow down for nothing, in fact speed up round corners even more in the rain

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

and the driver flee's ......  i'm not sure how he thinks the police can't locate the vehicle's owner. 

True but then they have to prove he was the one driving. Maybe he thinks he can make up some story that is believable about lending his car to someone. 

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

Was sampling the melons. Lost track of time and space.

14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

They slow down for nothing, in fact speed up round corners even more in the rain

 

Yes .....just to see what will happen. Now he knows.

Happy melons and the police can sing a chorus of we're in the money ????

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

Dunno about you but someone driving sensibly in Thailand would attract my attention.

2 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I was expecting to read the driver was overloaded with big melons.

 

 

It'll take the police a long time to dispose of all those melons.

Maybe not, just hit the right attractive price and all sold quickly.

Probably been sampling the payload before he started out ...

5 hours ago, rvaviator said:

Somebody is not going to be happy ... ????

The ones down wind at the burning will be. lol

5 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

Brake mate, it is always the brakes that let them down.

He could have smoked all the evidence.

In photo - note a certain person grinning with no face-mask (I thought they were mandatory in Thailand)!!

Well, if he was purely a courier someone is not gonna be very happy. Like getting snitched up or caught by chance is one thing, but losing 400 kg of compressed marijuana through sheer stupidity is another. 

6 hours ago, rvaviator said:

Somebody is not going to be happy ... ????

Fled the scene I think he's gonna be running for a long time after losing that load !

There will be some very mellow police for a while

8 hours ago, steven100 said:

and the driver flee's ......  i'm not sure how he thinks the police can't locate the vehicle's owner. 

They wont somebody in the big time owns that crop

9 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

Much too sensible 

Fresh supply of pot now available in Sakon Nakhon - see your local dealer.

11 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

They slow down for nothing, in fact speed up round corners even more in the rain

Can you imagine if there was ice snow and fog here

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Fled the scene I think he's gonna be running for a long time after losing that load !

Anybody river fishing keep a look out please

7 hours ago, rwill said:

He could have smoked all the evidence.

No there was not enough time

13 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If you were carrying an illegal load in your vehicle then surely you would at least try to drive sensibly so as not draw attention to yourself.  

Perhaps he was nervous. What does 400 kg of weed get you in Thailand? Surely it's a very long holiday.

think running away from the police will be the least of this guys concerns

14 hours ago, webfact said:

The evidence was taken into the police station.........

Full stop.   Very Bermuda triangle-ish from that point