4 suspects arrested for smuggling 7 million meth pills near Mekong River

[snoop1130]

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Officers from the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) arrested two Thai men and two Thai women near the Mekong River in the Isaan province of Nakhon Panom after the gang smuggled seven million meth pills into Thailand and prepared to deliver them into a third country.

 

The NSB released the details of the drug bust on Tuesday, May 16 during a press conference today. According to the report, an officer received a tip-off that the drug smuggling gang from a neighbouring country would deliver drugs into Thailand across the Mekong River on the night of May 16.

 

Officers then monitored areas along the Mekong River at the border of Nakhon Phanom province and Sakon Nakhon Province until they spotted two suspicious pickup trucks at 4am. The authorities followed the pickups until the vehicles parked inside a petrol station in the Domdej district of Kalasin province.

 

After they arrived at the petrol station, the NSB police moved in and arrested four suspects including a 41 year old man named Suriyan Promauan, a 35 year old woman named Pala Channakorn, a 20 year old man named Chinnawat Chamnarndee, and a 29 year old woman named Preeyaporn Chawida.

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/four-arrested-in-mekong-river-network-drug-bust-seizing-7-million-meth-pills-2

 

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[fdimike]

Good job.  Thailand has a terrible problem with meth.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

After they arrived at the petrol station, the NSB police moved in and arrested four suspects including a 41 year old man named Suriyan Promauan, a 35 year old woman named Pala Channakorn, a 20 year old man named Chinnawat Chamnarndee, and a 29 year old woman named Preeyaporn Chawida.

Pedaling misery, good riddance.

[cncltd1973]

7 million pills for a country of 60 million seems like a huge amount considering how many shipments make it to through