Police display Kholae Muelee, 37, of Narathiwat province (seated, centre) behind packs of crystal methamphetamine seized from the pickup truck he was driving in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Police stopped and searched a pickup truck carrying rubber sheeting on Asia 41 Road in tambon Sam Tambon. Under baskets of coconuts on top of a tarpaulin, officers found 300 packs of crystal methamphetamine, each containing 1kg, or 300kg in total. During the interrogation, Mr Khorlae reportedly confessed to having smuggled the drugs from Malaysia en route to a customer in Nakhon Si Thammarat. It was the largest-ever seizure of the drug in Nakhon Si Thammarat, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 26, 2018 12:22 UTC