UDON THANI: Narcotic Suppression Bureau police arrested four men with 600 kilogrammes of dried marijuana in their possession in Ban Dung district on Sunday, police said.
The four men were arrested at a PTT petrol station in tambon Si Suttho in Ban Dung district. They were identified as Somporn Kanhawong, Chiabwut Yothafai, Meechai Karoon and Poonsan Karoon, all natives of nearby Nakhon Phanom province.
Fifteen large packages of dried marijuana, altogether weighing 600kg, were found in two Mitsubishi cars and a Toyota Rivo pick-up.
The suspects allegedly confessed they had been hired by a drug dealer from a neighbouring country to deliver the marijuana to an agent in the South, from where the drugs were to be smuggledto Malaysia before being sent to Europe and the United States.