56-Year-Old Man Caught with Methamphetamine at Checkpoint While Driving to Visit Incarcerated Girlfriend
Police arrested a 56-year-old driver at a Kanchanaburi checkpoint on May 7 after finding 28 methamphetamine pills in his vehicle; he was heading to visit his incarcerated girlfriend at the provincial prison.
On May 7, while Muang Kanchanaburi police were operating a crime prevention checkpoint near the Mae Nam Khwae Vocational College on Saengchooto Road in Tambon Thamakham, a gray Toyota sedan passed through with 56-year-old Somsakdi behind the wheel. Officers noticed he showed clear signs of intoxication and conducted a search, discovering a small brown glass bottle containing 28 methamphetamine pills hidden inside the vehicle.
Somsakdi confessed that the methamphetamine was his, purchased at 50 baht per pill. He was driving to visit his wife, who is imprisoned at Kanchanaburi Provincial Prison on drug charges. Before leaving home, he had consumed two pills before being arrested at the checkpoint.
Police transferred Somsakdi to investigators at Muang Kanchanaburi Station for further legal proceedings.
