After her arrest, Kaewta Pimpila, 33, told police that she decided to earn money as a drug courier for a Lao drug boss after her husband was jailed on a drug conviction, leaving her to take care of their two children on her own.

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The other suspect was identified as Piyong Khaipara, 53. 
The two were stopped at a road checkpoint on Ban Siew Songkram-Ban Haad Paeng road in Tambon Haad Paeng in Nakhon Phanom&#39;s Si Songkram district. 
Kaewta said she was given Bt10,000 to take the drug to a location on a road in Si Songkram district to be picked up by a buyer.

Lao woman, Thai sister-in-law arrested in Nakhon Phanom on drug trafficking charge

A Lao woman and her Thai sister-in-law were arrested on Monday night while trying to smuggle 1,995 methamphetamine pills across the Mekong River into Nakhon Phanom.