1 million speed pills seized after high-speed chase

1 million speed pills seized after high-speed chase

One of five drug suspects is caught after a long car chase from the North to Ayutthaya is being interrogated by police before he and the other four suspects were taken to Bangkok for further interrogation on Tuesday. (Photo by Sunthon Pongpao)
One of five drug suspects is caught after a long car chase from the North to Ayutthaya is being interrogated by police before he and the other four suspects were taken to Bangkok for further interrogation on Tuesday. (Photo by Sunthon Pongpao)

AYUTTHAYA -- Five men were arrested and more than 1 million methamphetamine pills seized in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district after an extended police pursuit on Tuesday.

Two cars carrying the suspected narcotics traffickers flew along Asia Road towards Bangkok in a bid to escape arrest by northern narcotics suppression officers. Ayutthaya police set up roadblocks in Maha Rat and Bang Pahan districts around 2.30pm today, but the cars broke off and escaped after spotting the checkpoints.

The suspects eventually were stopped at kilometre maker 22 in tambon Hantra in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district.  Five men were arrested after a search found more than one million ya ba tablets hidden in the cars.

Two of the suspects were identified as Atthaphol Ounchanthee, 26, and Anon Phor-ngarm, 25. The other three suspects had yet to be identified.  Narcotics suppression police took the five to Bangkok for interrogation.

An initial investigation accused the suspects of being members of a drug gang in Bangkok's Ratchada area. The seized narcotics had been smuggled from the North to sell to their customers in the capital, said police.

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