Police intercepted an international drug smuggling truck transporting large quantities of heroin from the northern region to three southern border provinces. Seized 272 bars of heroin, weighing 100 kilograms, worth more than 50 million baht.
Police from the Narcotics Suppression Unit and Patrol Unit 191, Hat Yai Police Station, set up a checkpoint at the Kuan Lang intersection on Asia Road to search for drugs. After being informed that there was a transnational drug trafficking network transporting large quantities of heroin from the northern region to the three southern border provinces. Until the target car was found driving through the checkpoint. Officers then drove in pursuit for approximately 10 kilometers and were able to arrest him in front of a gas station. A search of the trunk of the car found 272 sticks of heroin, weighing 100 kilograms, worth more than 50 million baht.
Police arrested Mr. Buraheng, a resident of Pattani Province, before expanding their search to arrest Mr. Abdulfata and another vehicle. Both confessed that they had been hired to transport them many times. Each time the salary was 4-5 hundred thousand baht.
For this lot of heroin If it escapes out of the country It will have a value of up to 500 million baht. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency