Several packages of methamphetamine pills were seized when police searched a car illegally parked in Bangkok’s Bang Sue district on Thursday morning with the key left on a front wheel.
The black Chevrolet with a Bangkok licence plate had been parked on Pracharat Sai 1 Road in Bang Sue around 5am and was reported to police about 6am, said Pol Lt Kritsaporn Saengsura, a duty officer at Bang Pho police station.
The vehicle was left on the road opposite Wat Sroi Thong, where parking is prohibited during morning rush hours. There was no sign of the driver, police reported, but a car key was found on the right front wheel.
When officers opened the car they found a fertiliser bag on the back seat. It contained small packages containing about 160,000 speed pills in total, Thai media reported.
Witnesses told police they saw the driver park the vehicle about 5am, and then leave. Parking is banned there from 6am.
Police said they would check the car's ownership with the Land Transport Department and examine footage from surveillance cameras near the scene for further clues.