Bueng Kan:Bueng Kan police have successfully seized over 500,000 methamphetamine pills, valued at more than 8 million baht, which were abandoned by a transnational drug trafficking ring along the Mekong River.
According to Thai News Agency, joint forces have ramped up border patrols after receiving intelligence about methamphetamine being smuggled from a neighboring country into Chai Phra Subdistrict, Mueang Bueng Kan District. At 1000 AM, officers discovered three suspicious sacks near Ban Klang, Chai Phra Subdistrict, along the Mekong River. The authorities set an ambush but when no one arrived to collect the sacks, they confiscated the drugs and brought them to Border Patrol Police Company 244.
Mr. Surapol Charoenphum, the Governor of Bueng Kan Province, along with police and security agencies, held a press conference to reveal the findings. Inside the three sacks, they found 560,000 methamphetamine pills with a total value exceeding 8,400,000 baht. The drugs have been handed over to investigating officers at Bueng Kan City Police Station to further probe and identify the drug trafficking network.
Additionally, a tense pursuit led to the apprehension of a drug trafficking ring. Border Patrol Police, Region 2, Khon Kaen, chased a white Toyota Altis with Bueng Kan license plates on Highway 222, eventually apprehending the suspects. A vehicle search revealed four sacks with 590,000 and 1,860 methamphetamine pills worth over 12 million baht. Three suspects were arrested Mr. Teeraphat, 24; Mr. Anan, 24; and Mr. Panuwat, 28.
During questioning, one suspect confessed to being hired by a Thai man in Laos to transport methamphetamine from Bueng Khong Long District to a customer in Charoen Sin District, Sakon Nakhon Province, admitting to having done this previously. Authorities charged him with jointly possessing and distributing narcotics before handing him over to investigators for legal proceedings.