Drug courier crashes off the road in Ayutthaya, police find 160,000 meth pills
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A drug runner has been arrested and methamphetamine pills and crystal methamphetamine (ice) seized after his pickup careered off a road in the Bang Pahan district in Ayutthaya this morning.
The incident happened on the north-bound highway Khwan Muang, Ayutthaya, central Thailand, at 8am today.
Emergency responders found a white pickup truck stuck in a roadside ditch. It was raining heavily at the time. There was no one in the vehicle but traces of blood were surrounding the vehicle. Checking the immediate area police found large bags hidden in the grass containing boxes of Chinese tea. Inside the boxes they found 160,000 pills and 5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.
Not far away they found the driver, 38 year old Wutthipong Khwankaew bleeding, with broken leg, who was hiding behind a bush across the other side of the road. He admitted to police that was the driver and confessed to delivering the drugs without providing any more details.
He was take to hospital where he was officially charged with possessing Class 1 drugs with intent to sell. The investigation into the source of the drugs continues.
SOURCE: ejan.co
