Sacks of meth pills on the back of a pickup truck stopped and searched in Ubon Ratchathani province on Thursday night. (Facebook screen grab)
UBON RATCHATHANI: Two men were arrested after almost 6 million methamphetamine pills were found on the back of their pickup truck in this northeastern border province on Thursday night.
The truck was stopped and searched by a combined police-military team on Chokchai road in Khemmarat district.
They found 14 sacks under a canvas sheet covering the back of the vehicle. They held a total of 5.93 million meth pills.
Under questioning, driver Kittisak Artsri and his passenger Peerapong Nontasingh said they were approached by a Lao national to deliver the drugs to Nakhon Ratchasima province. They were to be paid 400,000 baht.
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