Police Make Big Drug Haul in Surat Thani

Police have arrested suspected drug dealers in Ban Tha Shee District of Surat Thani Province.

Surat Thani provincial police officers have arrested Krti Dulayanantanakorn and Orawan Chantaramard as they tried to drive through the Ban Tha Shee checkpoint.

Police seized nearly three kilograms of crystal meth and around 100,000 methamphetamine pills, with street value of nearly 30 million baht.

They also found 140,000 baht in cash and some firearms.

The suspects confessed that they were hired to transfer drugs from Chumphon Province to Nakhon Si Thammarat Province for 100,000 baht per trip.

As of now, officers are trying to find the masterminds behind this drug trafficking ring.

Meanwhile, Corrections Department officers, along with 100 Nan provincial police officers, conducted a search of the Nan provincial prison under the campaign to rid prisons of contraband, such as cellphones and narcotics.

The officers found only sharp objects, such as scissors and knives but did not find any narcotics.

The prison search was conducted in other provinces as well.

-- Tan Network 2011-10-05

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