Phuket police seize almost 4,000 ya ba pills
THA CHAT CHAI, PHUKET: Phuket police arrested a 26-year-old man in possession of almost 4,000 ya ba (methamphetamine) pills at Tha Chat Chai checkpoint yesterday.
Mr Pakorn Sa-nguansin told police he was a courier delivering the pills to a customer in Mai Khao.
He picked up the drugs from a Burmese man in Phang Nga, he said.
Tah Chat Chai Police Superintendent Sakchai Limchareon said he received a tip-off that a man in a black Toyota Vios would attempt to smuggle ya ba pills through the checkpoint that day.
When Mr Pakorn arrived at the checkpoint at around 5.40am, police searched his car, finding 3,932 pills in 20 blue plastic bags in the glove compartment.
A .38 caliber revolver and bullets were also recovered.
Mr Pakorn has been charged with possession of a type 1 drug and possession of a firearm without a license.
— Atchaa Khamlo
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