SONGKHLA — A couple were arrested after 30 million baht worth of speed pills and heroin were found hidden in their pickup truck loaded with coconuts on Saturday morning.
A team of local police and narcotics suppression officers, led by Songkhla deputy police chief Pol Col Supawat Thapkliew, stopped the pickup with a Chumphon licence plate at a security checkpoint at Ban Khuanmeed in Chana district in the southern province at 9.30am yesterday.
They found boxes containing 66,000 methamphetamine pills and 13.5 kilogrammes of heroin hidden under a pile of coconuts. The drugs were worth an estimated 30 million baht, said police.
Driver Prasong Taksinla, 27, and his wife Rungratchanee Phetcharak, 35, were detained on drug charges.
Meanwhile, two men allegedly responsible for a string of break-ins at the homes of wealthy families and foreigners in Phuket were arrested yesterday with a cheque worth 280 million baht and other items, police said.
Saroj Suebsod and Prasert Thorthip were arrested in Thalang district on Friday. Police also found stolen valuables and cash.