Police arrested three Hmong suspects and seized one million yaba pills, 90kg of crystal meth (ice) and 165kg of heroin in Chiang Mai province.
Police set up roadblocks after a tip-off that drug traffickers driving a Mitsubishi sedan and a Mitsubishi pickup truck with Phayao-registered licence plates would transport drugs from the border district of Mae Sai district to a location further into the country. Police spotted the suspects early yesterday and managed to intercept the two vehicles on the Mae Chan-Chiang Saen Road.
The suspects reportedly confessed to be hired by a Hmong resident in their village for Bt150,000 to bring the drugs to a storage place in Chiang Kaen district.
(Source:The Nation, Thailand)