Pictures courtesy of Matichon.

 

A lorry carrying millions of methamphetamine tablets crashed after a tyre burst, scattering its illicit cargo across a stretch of Highway 4 (Phetkasem Road) in Kui Buri district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The driver fled the scene.

 

The crash occurred at around 07.30 on 7 September at kilometre marker 271+700 near Ban Samrong, Sam Krathai subdistrict. Police and rescue teams found a white Isuzu truck with Bangkok registration plates, its rear tyres blown and the vehicle resting against a guardrail.

 

No driver or passengers were found at the scene, but the road was littered with wooden planks and foam containers from the lorry. The broken foam boxes revealed bundles of methamphetamine tablets inside.

 

Officers from Sam Krathai Police Station, Highway Police, and provincial forensic investigators secured the site. A detailed inspection uncovered 54 foam boxes, each containing 100,000 tablets per box. In total, 5,440,000 methamphetamine tablets, stamped with the markings WY and 999, were seized.

 

The haul was taken to Sam Krathai Police Station for counting and evidence logging, in the presence of Kui Buri district chief Aram Yanakaew, local narcotics suppression officials and senior provincial police officers.

 

Preliminary investigations suggest the truck had travelled from northern Thailand, passing through Suphan Buri and Kanchanaburi, and was heading south when the rear tyre burst caused the crash. Authorities are now reviewing CCTV footage along the route to identify the driver and any accomplices involved in the trafficking operation.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-09-08

 

 

 

The driver was probably on meth

So a truck crash is not always a tragedy.....