webfact Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Man arrested with 599kg of marijuana after truck overturns By The Nation Police on Thursday arrested a man near a police checkpoint in Phatthalung for possession of 599 kilograms of marijuana after his vehicle overturned. The suspect, Banjong Hatthaphan, 45, a resident of Samut Songkram, refused to stop at the border checkpoint in Tambon Chamuang of Phatthalung’s Khuan Khanoon district at 9:30 am, prompting police to drive after him. During the brief chase, a tyre on Banjong’s pickup burst, causing the vehicle to overturn, revealing drugs hidden under bags of fertiliser. The marijuana was hidden in plastic bags in 599 bars, weighing one kilogram each. Banjong initially managed to escape by boarding a passenger van bound for Nakhon Si Thammarat but police followed the van and arrested him in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Chulabhorn district. The suspect said he had been hired for Bt200,000 to take the drugs from Ratchaburi’s Srimuang district to a buyer at a petrol station in Songkhla’s Rattaphum district. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324093 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Gee, what happened to the other kilo?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, canuckamuck said: Gee, what happened to the other kilo?? the other 401...a tonne is a tonne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 hour ago, wombat said: the other 401...a tonne is a tonne The other 419 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyang wah Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Amazing Thailand .. amazing you always. Once again totally inept people on both sides of the story. 1. Despite ferrying a very large quantity of illegal substances, the driver can't even dodge a simple police checkpoint (not exactly rocket science to have a friend with a phone drive 2 minutes ahead) 2. panics and doesn't stop at the checkpoint (pretty likely to arouse some suspicion?) 3. can't even perform basic maintenance on his vehicle (admittedly no surprise in this country) 4. Police give chase and the vehicle crashes, yet they still are not able to apprehend the suspect (to the extent that he's able to escape his overturned vehicle, flag down and board a passenger van) Thank you Thailand you never fail to amuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 hours ago, canuckamuck said: Gee, what happened to the other kilo?? They inadvertently used the farang scales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 hours ago, wombat said: the other 401...a tonne is a tonne Its 2240 lbs in a ton end of chat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyAlpha Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Its 2240 lbs in a ton end of chat599kg + 401kg = 1 ton. It's the same thing I'm confused ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 A ton is 2000 #. But 599 kg. That's a lot of highs. I guess there is demand? Where do people smoke it if they live in BKK? I never smelled it and I have a hounds nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 1 minute ago, RowdyAlpha said: 599kg + 401kg = 1 ton. It's the same thing I'm confused ????? My head is stuck in the sand as against somewhere else Plus I am English 5555555 2240 Imperial ton, I think thats something like 1016 point something kilos 1000 kilos metric tonne Then I think there is the short and long Tonne Anyway thats enough of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 That's a ton of bong hits. At .05 g/bong hit that's 12,000,000 hits. I bet 90% goes to those darn Falang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Anyway thats enough of thatAnd now for something completely different....cue flying circus music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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