Bag of drugs seized in Amnat

Meanwhile, police investigating the disappearance of 350,000 pseudoephedrine pills at Kalasin’s Kamalapisai Hospital will interview the pharmacist suspect and hospital director again.
After an investigation into a drug delivery on the Ubon Ratchathani-Amnat Charoen border, the head of the Army’s Region 2 Suranaree Task Force command centre for drugs Akkarasit Prakirata urged Khemarat Police and related security agencies to join a search for the suspects in Chanuman’s Tambon Hin Khan on Friday. At 12.30am yesterday they found two men on a motorbike stopped 20 metres away from an ambush on Chanuman-Mukdahan Road. A third man emerged from a wooded area beside the road to hand the duo a bag before fleeing.
Officials presented themselves to search the duo, who dropped the bag and fled. Some 112,000 yaba pills were found in the bag.
An unlicensed motorcycle they seized later had papers under the seat belonging to Rungniran Lohsing. It was submitted with the drugs to Chanuman Police Station, which will proceed with legal action.
In related news, Surat Thani police announced yesterday they had arrested suspected drug dealer Methee Inthabamrunf and seized two pistols and two shotguns from his home, along with ammunition, two airguns, one with a silencer, a bullet-proof vest marked “police”, and 6.5 yaba tablets, 7.4 grams of crystal meth plus drug-taking tools. This stemmed from the previous arrest of Sakarin Chuprasert in a sting operation to buy 20 yaba tablets in Ban Ta Khun district.