Mukdahan Police Seize 2.62 Million Yaba Pills, Arrest Four
The user wants a short summary of the article about a drug bust in Mukdahan. Let me extract the key facts: - Mukdahan police seized 2.62 million yaba pills - Four suspects arrested - Operation happened on October 23 - Two vehicles involved
Mukdahan Provincial Police launched the Sandbox operation to intercept, suppress, and eradicate drug problems. Following the policy of drug interdiction and suppression, Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Phairoth Thaiphuthara ordered investigative and narcotics suppression units to monitor drug network movements and watch trafficking routes along Mukdahan's provincial borders.
On October 21, Pol. Lt. Col. Thawisak Sonchan, head of the Mukdahan Narcotics Suppression Unit, received a tip from Border Patrol Police Company 234 that a drug convoy was preparing to transport narcotics from Bang Sai Yai subdistrict, Mueang district, Mukdahan province, heading to Buriram province. The operation involved a gray Toyota Camry with Bangkok license plates as the transport vehicle and a red MG vehicle, also with Bangkok plates, serving as the escort.
After verifying the information, the narcotics suppression unit closely tracked both vehicles and coordinated with Nikhom Kham Soi Police Station to deploy forces along the anticipated route to prevent the drugs from leaving the area.
At 5:30 AM on October 23, officers spotted both suspicious vehicles passing through Bang Sai Yai subdistrict, Mueang Mukdahan, heading toward Nikhom Kham Soi district. They set up checkpoints and interception points along the target route to inspect and control the situation.
When the gray Toyota Camry reached the intersection in front of Nikhom Kham Soi Police Station, officers identified themselves for inspection, but the driver attempted to flee. Police fired at the vehicle's tires to stop the escape before apprehending the occupants and conducting a thorough search.
The search revealed six fertilizer sacks containing methamphetamine pills: four sacks behind the driver's seat and two more in the rear cargo area, totaling approximately 2,620,000 pills. Officers seized the drugs as evidence and detained the suspects.
Simultaneously, officers continued tracking the red MG escort vehicle and successfully intercepted it in Ban Kut Chiang Mi area, Loeng Nok Tha district, Yasothon province. The operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects from both vehicles: 1) Thinnaphath, aka "Tia", 18, driver of the Toyota Camry; 2) Mot, 24, passenger in the Camry; 3) Chinnawat, aka "Tor", 24, driver of the MG; and 4) Suphot, aka "Beer", 32, passenger in the MG.
Following the arrests, police took the suspects and evidence to the Mukdahan Narcotics Suppression Unit to gather evidence and expand the investigation, while seizing and attaching assets related to the case valued at approximately 2 million baht. Initially, suspects face charges of jointly trafficking Category 1 narcotics (methamphetamine).
