CHIANG MAI: A total of 2.5 million methamphetamine pills and 700 kilogrammes of crystal meth, or ice, have been seized in three drug cases in Lampang, Chiang Mai and Phrae provinces, under the jurisdiction of Provincial Police Region 5.
Eighteen suspects were arrested and eight vehicles impounded in the three cases, national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas said at a press conference on Wednesday.
In Lampang, police stopped two pickups loaded with fresh corn at a drug checkpoint in Mae Phrik district. An X-ray revealed 350kg of crystal meth hidden in each vehicle, 700kg in total. Six suspects were arrested. The drugs were loaded in Wiang Haeng district in Chiang Mai and were destined for Nakhon Si Thammarat.
