Chiang Rai Police Arrest Drug Trafficking Suspect, Seize Bt1 Bln Drugs

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Police arrest drug trafficking suspect, seize Bt1 bln drugs

CHIANG RAI, Feb 14 – Chiang Rai police arrested a drug trafficking suspect and seized 1.8 million methamphetamine pills and 40kg of crystal meth, worth an estimated one billion baht.

Provincial police patrolled an area in Phaya Mengrai district following a tip that a drug trafficking gang would use the area as a transit route to make a delivery.

Police arrested one suspect and seized 1.8 million methamphetamine pills and 40kg crystal meth, also known as “ice”.

Waranart Changtaeng, 45, was nabbed in an orchard. He declined to give details, saying only that he was safeguarding the drug shipment.

Investigators learned that the drugs belonged to a village head and are gathering evidence to summon him for questioning.

The police are conducting a further investigation and National Police Chief Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong will hold a news conference in Chiang Rai later today. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-02-14