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1m yaba pills seized in Lampang

Narcotics suppression police on Saturday night arrested five people and seized one million methamphetamine pills at a checkpoint in Lampang province.

One of the suspects, Sompote Khieocha-oum, 31, of Chiang Rai's Mae Suay district, was arrested when a pick-up he was driving from Ban Mu Mong Phai in Chiang Mai's Fang district was stopped for a search at the checkpoint on Lampang-Tak road in Lampang's Muang district at 8.50pm.

One million speed pills were found hidden in the vehicle.

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  • patchar

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    Discussion 2 : 24 Feb 2013 at 18.392

    again this just show that drugs in Thai is everywhere....

  • hillfarang

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    Discussion 1 : 24 Feb 2013 at 11.061

    If people are driving this amount of drugs through police check points, just imagine how much is getting through by the hills!

    It's not complicated: 1) They are greatly favored by workers, drivers & police / military 2) They are highly addictive 3) They are (still) readily available & not too expensive.

    Although I know that many believe that TS's efforts were draconian & unfair (illegal), in the area where I lived (North) enforcement was not sloppy, but rather, over time, very effective. Now the flood-gates are open once again...

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