Police Crush Two Drug Networks, Seize 40kg Ice, 498,000 Pills
Highway Police busted two major drug trafficking operations moving narcotics from northern to southern Thailand. In Chumphon, officers seized 40 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a modified sedan and arrested a 27-year-old man. In Nakhon Sawan, police intercepted another modified vehicle carrying 498,000 methamphetamine pills hidden in door compartments and arrested two women. Both cases involved vehicles with specially constructed hidden compartments.
Highway Police dismantled two cross-regional drug trafficking networks moving narcotics from the North to the South, arresting a Prachuap Khiri Khan man with 40 kilograms of ice and two women with nearly 498,000 methamphetamine pills hidden in modified door compartments.
On November 10, 2026, Pol. Maj. Gen. Phumin Phumphanmuang, Commander of the Highway Police Division, along with Pol. Col. Prasak Surasit, Pol. Col. Thanarat Songkla, Pol. Col. Woraphot Disayabutr, and Pol. Col. Adit Charoensawat, Deputy Commanders, ordered Pol. Col. Thira Thongrayap, Superintendent of Highway Police Sub-Division 4, Pol. Lt. Col. Waraphut Kunaket, Deputy Superintendent, and Pol. Lt. Col. Sarawut Samoei, Deputy Superintendent of Investigation, to work with highway police to arrest Mr. Suthisak, alias New, 27, from Prachuap Khiri Khan, along with 40 kilograms of ice, one sedan, and one mobile phone. The arrest took place on Highway 41 in Lamai Subdistrict, Lamai District, Chumphon Province, near the Chumphon vehicle checkpoint.
Officers had intelligence that drugs would be smuggled from the North to the South using a sedan, so they set up a checkpoint. The suspect drove through before the checkpoint was fully operational, prompting officers to pursue and coordinate with highway police to stop the vehicle for inspection. Mr. Suthisak displayed suspicious behavior.
When the vehicle underwent detailed X-ray inspection, officers found 40 packages of ice weighing 40 kilograms hidden in the rear cargo area. He was charged with possession of Category 1 narcotics (ice) with intent to sell and endangering public security, then handed to Lamai Police Station for legal proceedings.
Separately, Pol. Col. Witthaya Borirak, Superintendent of the Highway Police Investigation Division, and Pol. Lt. Col. Mongkol Omsap, Deputy Superintendent of Investigation Unit 3, led highway police in intercepting two women driving a modified sedan with hidden compartments smuggling 498,000 methamphetamine pills from Chiang Rai to customers in the South. Officers had tracked the suspicious vehicle from Phrae Province until intercepting it at the Nong Bua Highway Police Public Service Unit in Nakhon Sawan Province.
During the search, the suspects appeared nervous and acted suspiciously before officers discovered 249 packages of methamphetamine pills hidden in secret compartments in all four doors and the rear cargo area. The suspects and evidence were handed to Nong Bua Police Station for legal action and further investigation.
