Drug hauls in Chiang Mai, Nong Khai
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Chiang Mai police have arrested two men along with 60,000 yaba tablets in a sting operation, while in Nong Khai province, officers patrolling the Mekong River seized 30kgs of marijuana worth Bt300,000 in Sangkhom district, it was announced yesterday.
Chiang Mai deputy police chief Pol Colonel Weerawut Niamnoi presented suspects Phuwadon Siri-ang and Nitat Klinkajorn, both 38, along with two pistols and ammunition. On Wednesday night Phuwadon was nabbed at a bar while allegedly delivering 40,000 yaba tablets to an undercover cop in exchange for Bt2.5 million in cash, he said. A search of his room allegedly found 20,000 more yaba pills and police then arrested Nitat who owned the pickup truck Phuwadon allegedly used in the drug delivery.
In Nong Khai, 30kg of marijuana were seized at Ban Jeung pier in Tambon Kaeng Kai at 6am yesterday, following a tip-off about drug smuggling. Navy officials spotted two men on a long-tailed boat landing the drug haul at the pier but the duo fled, abandoning the drugs.
