Roadside rescue turns into drug bust as police uncover meth pills and firearms

A potential roadside rescue incident today remarkably turned into a drug bust. Highway police in Surat Thani province initially responded to what appeared to be a broken-down vehicle but unexpectedly stumbled upon a sizeable drug haul hidden in the car’s compartment.

The suspicious behaviour of the driver, a 31 year old man, led the police to undertake a search of the vehicle, finding around 38,880 methamphetamine pills labelled ‘WY,’ and homemade firearms.

When questioned, Nares Charaluk confessed to having been paid 20,000 baht to deliver the drugs. He received the assignment from a Facebook user named ‘Racha See of Surat Thani,’ whose real name and identity remain unknown. His task was to pick up the drugs from a location in the Ban Na San district and deliver them to a drop-off point in Phunphin. To signal the arrival, Nares would stop the car and…