Rangers, police intercept bid to smuggle in meth pills, opium
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Thai rangers and police arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle 50,000 meth amphetamine pills and 4 kilograms of raw opium across the border in Chiang Rai province on his motorcycle late on Tuesday night.
Rangers from the Pha Muang Taskforce and police from Mae Fah Luang Police Station were manning a road checkpoint in Moo 21 village in Tambon Mae Salong of Mae Fah Luang district at 11.20pm when they spotted a motorcycle with a fertilizer bag.
The authorities stopped the motorcycle and found the drugs in the bag. The rider was identified as Nawin Sukkan, 36, a resident of the district.
He was charged with attempting to smuggle the drug from the Myanmar border.
