A series of drug traffickers stopped at checkpoints in and around Chiang Rai over the last week has netted a total of 15.2 million meth pills found and seized by police. Yesterday the police revealed a series of incidents at checkpoints in the northern region where police found huge amounts of methamphetamines hidden inside cars.
Several large busts were made on January 14 and January 15 that were just announced, as well as a confrontation early this morning that netted 6.6 million meth pills. The details of 4 particularly fruitful checkpoint stops are below:
JANUARY 19, 2:30 AM
In Mae Sai district in the early hours of this morning, an Isuzu MU-X SUV blew through a military checkpoint according to the commander of the North Region Drug Suppression Operation Centre. Soldiers stationed there gave chase and managed to catch up and pass the SUV and stop it. Inside they found and…
