Two alleged members of a large drug trafficking ring active on the Central Region were arrested with 1 million methamphetamine pills in their possession at a petrol station in Ayutthaya province on Monday, police said.
Pol Lt Gen Chaiwat Ketworachai, an acting assistant police chief, saidKanchit Moondin, 47, and Nathawut Thanapattanakul, 39, were nabbed by police after they arrived at a PTT petrol station in tambon Ban Pom of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district in two vehicles, a black Hyundai van and a Honda Jazz car.
A search of the black Hyundai revealed 500 packages containing 1 million methamphetamine pills hidden in compartments. Police also seized two mobile phones and a .38 handgun with 23 rounds of ammunition.
Mr Kanchit said he was hired for 500,000 baht to drive the Hyundai van with the drugs from Chiang Rai province. Mr Nathawut, his assistant, travelled ahead of him in the Honda Jazz on the lookout for police checkpoints.
Pol Lt Gen Chaiwat said the two were on police record as members of a drug trafficking ring in the Central Region.