A man who was not making enough money selling car audio systems online has been arrested in possession of 400,000 methamphetamine pills in Bangkok’s Bang Khunthian district.
Tha Kham police detained Khajornlarp Premrungchate, 38, as he was walking to his car, parked outside the apartment building he stayed in on Soi Thian Thale 16 in Bang Khunthian, late on Tuesday night.
A search of his room found 400,000 meth pills in packages inside two cardboard boxes, according to police.
Mr Khajornlarp was taken to Tha Kham police station for interrogation.
The arrest came after Pol Maj Pitiphon Promkaew, investigation chief at Tha Kham police station, received information from an informant that Mr Khajornlarp had become involved in the drug trade.
Mr Khajornlarp told police that he tried to make a living selling car audio systems and loudspeakers online, but his income was inadequate to feed his two children, who lived in another province. He also admitted he was addicted to drugs.
He was recently persuaded to work as a drug courier, helping distribute methamphetamine from a Myanmar agent identified only as Lek.
The drug agent contacted him via mobile phone to pick up packages of meth pills left along a road near Talard Thai market in Pathum Thani. He kept the drugs in his room until Lek said where to deliver them.
He said he had made one delivery of drugs and received a money transfer of 100,000 baht for his work. He would have been paid another 100,000 baht for this consignment too, but was instead caught.
Police charged him with possessing illicit drugs with intent to sell. The investigation was being extended, with police hoping to track down the mysterious "Mr Lek" and his accomplices.