NAKHON PHANOM: A man was arrested with 500 kilogrammes of dried marijuana in packages in the back of his pickup in Na Kae district early on Monday.
Pol Col Sippanan Sornkhunkaew, commander of 23rd Border Patrol Police Unit, said the action was a joint operation by local government agencies in the province.
The pickup, a black Nissan Navara with roofed-over rear section, was intercepted shortly after it left a petrol station in the munipal area of Na Kae district about 1am.
A search found 12 sacks in the back holding 500 slabs of compressed marijuana, each weighing 1kg.
The driver, Saravut Butngam, 28, of Surin’s Chom Phra district, was arrested.
Mr Saravut, an…
