Police seize 11,040 meth pills in Phuket parcel delivery

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Police seize 11,040 meth pills in Phuket parcel delivery

Darawan Naknakhon

 

Somchok “Bao” Thanomjit, 36, reportedly confessed that he collected the drugs on behalf of another person as he could get some of the drugs for free. Photo: Darawan Naknakhon

 

PHUKET: -- Police arrested a Ranong man with 11,040 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills that he was collecting from a private post box at a transport company office north of Phuket Town on Sunday (Oct 23).

 

Acting on a tip-off, officers from Region 8 Police arrested Somchok “Bao” Thanomjit, 36, as he approached the offices of the private transport company TB Partnership Limited, located at the Sri Suchart Grand View 3 housing estate in Rassada.

 

Somchok, confessed he was on his way to collect a parcel addressed to “Piyamas Phetrat”, the same name that police informants said the drugs would be sent to. Somchok had in his possession a delivery notice with which to claim the parcel, said police.

 

Inside the parcel was a modem router box packed with, not a modem, but 11,040 amphetamine pills.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/police-seize-11-040-meth-pills-in-phuket-parcel-delivery-59586.php

 

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[The Deerhunter]

They could not find the real addressee as he was not on duty that day.

Edited October 26, 2016 by The Deerhunter