Driver Flees as Police Seize 240kg of Crystal Meth in Chiang Rai

CHIANG RAI — Police seized more than 240 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine after a pickup truck fled a checkpoint and was abandoned in a village in Mae Sai district early on 10 February 2026. At about 01:30, Chiang Rai provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Manop Senakul led officers in seizing 240.1 kilograms of the category 1 narcotic, along with one pickup truck. Mae Sai police had received intelligence about a drug trafficking group smuggling narcotics from the Thai-Myanmar border using a secondary route. When officers signaled a grey Toyota Hilux Revo to stop, the driver accelerated and then abandoned the vehicle, escaping on foot. A search of the pickup revealed seven fertiliser sacks containing 240.1 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, along with vehicle documents and a mobile phone that will be used to expand the investigation and track down suspects.