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	Reungsak Pochara, 40, and wife Anocha Maneethong, 41, were apprehended at the tambon Ban Saew checkpoint after police found the narcotics hidden in a secret compartment under the floor of their sixwheel truck on Friday night, Provincial Police Region 5 Deputy Commissioner MajGeneral Chamnan Ruadrew said at a press conference.&nbsp;</div>
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	Reungsak reportedly confessed that he got the drugs from tambon Koh Chang in Mae Sai district.&nbsp;</div>
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	He also reportedly told police that he was driving to Chiang Mai&rsquo;s Muang Mai Market to buy farm produces to cover the drugs before delivering them &nbsp;to a recipient in Bangkok.&nbsp;</div>
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	He said he had done this five times before and each time he was paid Bt200,000.</div>
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Couple arrested with drugs

A Thai couple was arrested with 1.7 million yaba pills and 12 kilograms of crystal meth at a checkpoint in Chiang Rai's Chiang Saen district, police announced yesterday.