Meth pills seized from boy, 17
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Troops arrested a 17-year-old in Chiang Rai’s Mae Fa Luang district late on Friday while he was allegedly trying to smuggle 100,000 methamphetamine pills into the country on a motorcycle.
The teenager, a resident of the district, was arrested at 10.30pm at a Myanmar border checkpoint in Muang Song village.
The troops from Pha Mueang Taskforce said they spotted a motorcycle and, when they signalled it to stop, it tried to make a U-turn. The troops charged towards the motorbike and captured the rider, but the pillion passenger managed to flee into the forest. The drug was found in a bag at the front of the motorcycle. Each pill carried the “WY” mark, authorities said.
