(Photo supplied: Pattanapong Sripiachai)NAKHON PHANOM: A former pub employee and his wife were arrested and more than one tonne of compressed marijuana seized from their vehicle on the bank of the Mekong River in That Phanom district late Friday night. The seized drugs had a street value of at least 10 million baht. The arrest followed an investigation that led authorities top believe illicit drugs would be smuggled through That Phanom district of this northeastern province. He said he was struggling with debt when a member of a drug gang approached him and offered him 200,000 baht to transport a drug shipment from Nakhon Phanom to southern Thailand. He then rented the SUV and drove it to Nakhon Phanom with his wife accompanying him.

Source: Bangkok Post November 27, 2021 15:51 UTC