Couple arrested for selling drugs
Police have arrested a Thai man and his Lao wife for allegedly selling drugs in Bueng Kan.
Waipoj Ponglakkham, 52, and his wife Modsom Kaewmanee, 26, were arrested late on Thursday night at a remote spot on Phang Khone-Bueng Kan Road, Ban Nong Chan village in the district of Sri Wilai.
Acting on tip-offs, police staked out the area and saw an SUV stop before a woman got out and stood there for a while before dropping a small package on to the roadside grass.
Police checked the package and found 2,919 methamphetamine pills so they chased after the SUV and arrested the couple.
Th y claimed they had been hired by a Lao woman, identified only as Noi, to deliver the drugs to a customer.
Police arranged for them to call Noi again and ask for more drugs. After a while a motorcyclist arrived, dropped off another package and sped away. Inside this second package police found 23,999 meth pills and five kilograms of crystal meth.
They have so failed to track down the motorcyclist.