CHUMPHON: Two members of a drug-trafficking gang have been arrested and 100kg of crystal methamphetamine worth about 300 million baht seized in Chumphon’s Pathiu district, police said.
Songkran Omkorkul, 32, a resident of Udon Thani’s Ban Dung district, and Somchai Thajampa of Roi Et’s Kaset Wisai district were taken to a police press conference in Chumphon on Saturday
Police also displayed 100 packs of crystal methamphetamine, weighing 100kg in total, a black Isuzu pickup truck, and a white Toyota Camry sedan seized from them. The drugs had a market value of over 300 million baht.
The seizure of the drugs came after Chumphon police tried to stop the black pickup truck, driven by Mr Songkran, at a checkpoint in Pathiu district. However, the driver refused to comply and sped away , prompting police to follow him.
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