Smugglers followed from Nong Khai, bustedPolice examine the engine compartment of one of the two pickup trucks intercepted in Chumphon province on Feb 22. (Photo by Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)SAMUT PRAKAN: Drugs police followed two smugglers' vehicles from Nong Khai to a building in Samut Prakan, and later seized 500 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, 100kg of heroin and 2kg of ketamine and arrested two people. On Feb 19, two Ford pickups which matched the description given by informants crossed to Nong Khai. Two men - Methasit Bampen, 42, from Rayong province, and Roengsak Techawanich, 46, from Samut Prakan - were arrested. The suspects said they were being paid 50,000 baht to collect the drugs from Laos and deliver them to the South via Nong Khai.

Source: Bangkok Post February 24, 2020 04:41 UTC