Sakrin Phitchalad, 34, was arrested from a house in Tha Sala district after police received complaints about drug trading in the area.

Police found the alleged drug dealer and two teenagers in a house but the teens managed to flee the scene. They managed to arrest one teenager in a durian field beside the house, but the other teenager escaped.

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 </picture>It took the police about an hour to arrest the alleged drug dealer who escaped to the back of the house and hid himself inside a jar commonly seen in Thai horror films.

Police also found 44 tablets of amphetamine and two bags of methamphetamine inside a jar.

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Sakrin and the teenager were sent to Tha Sala Police Station for questioning.

Alleged drug dealer and teen arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat

An alleged drug dealer and a teenager were arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Friday.