Ex-convict tried to be a taxi driver but couldn't make ends meet - turned back to drugs, caught with 2M yaba

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported the arrest of a man called Sarawuth, 30, from Lampang who was caught driving south from Bangkok with 2 million yaba pills in a Toyota Vios.

 

The highway police in Chumphon, southern Thailand, had received a tip about the car and its specific registration and were waiting on both the Petchkasem and Asia 41 highways.

 

On Asia 41 in Lang Suan district the car was spotted and refused to stop. A chase ensued that ended in Lamae district.

 

Sarawuth ran off into the bushes but was soon caught. Back in the car the drugs were in boxes on the back seat and in the trunk. 

 

Sarawuth served four years in jail for a drug offence. On release four years ago he bought a car and became a Bangkok cabby.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

But he got behind on the instalments and ex-convict friends suggested a drugs run.

 

He said he was being paid 20,000 baht to take the yaba from Wang Noi north of Bangkok to Trang in the south when he was caught.

 

The media published a picture of the suspect behind a huge pile of the drugs. 

 

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[KhunLA]

problem solved ...

... gets free room & board now

[sammieuk1]

Just when he needed to be an honest taxi driver he had a micro sleep and handed over his stash to the mobsters ????

[steven100]

he wanted to be an honest taxi driver .....  but he went back to being an honest drug dealer.

[d4dang]

opportunity knocks....

[Celsius]

Maybe the second sentence will be 8 years.

 

I guess Thailand drug laws are not as hard as many here believe.

[2baht]

Who financed 2 million yaba pills???

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

problem solved ...

... gets free room & board now

And the drugs disposed of properly?

[Deli]

Would be intetesting to know who the snitch is.

[The Old Bull]

6 hours ago, 2baht said:

Who financed 2 million yaba pills???

That's the real question but it will never be answered as long as they keep going after the low hanging fruit.

[pedro01]

The number of these pills they actually seize is mind-boggling, considering the population of the country.

[MrJ2U]

Most Yaba addicts return to using it. 

 

Crazy addictive with little or no way to quit. 

 

You wonder why even try it when everyone around who uses it turns into a complete monster loser.