Drug gang driving a pickup truck loaded with methamphetamine pills, tire burst, vehicle skidded off the road, criminals fled into the forest, leaving behind 1.6 million methamphetamine pills, worth over 10 million bahtOfficers went to investigate after receiving a report that a pickup truck suspected of being part of a drug-trafficking gang had skidded off the road into a drainage ditch on Highway 3333, Khok Tum-Manao Wan route, km. 16-17, Tambon Dilang, Amphoe Phatthana Nikhom, Lop Buri Province. They found a black pickup truck with a Saraburi license plate. The front of the car was crushed and stuck on the embankment near the mouth of the drainage ditch. The front left tire was broken. The windshield had two cracks. In the back of the pickup truck, three sacks of methamphetamine were found covered with a tarpaulin. Inside the car, five more sacks of methamphetamine were found tightly packed. The driver fled the scene, believed to have fled to hide in a nearby cornfield. Officers surrounded the area and sear ched for about two hours, but he has not been found. Checking inside the car, they found a mobile phone. The license plate belonged to another car that was replaced. Initially, the police found out that the owner of the car was a person from Phitsanulok Province. They will track him down for questioning. Initially, the officers suspected that the drug gang was transporting drugs from the North and was about to store them in the Central region. They used a small community route as a shortcut in the middle of the night. While driving towards the Saraburi-Lom Sak intersection, the car had a tire blowout and skidded off the road. The wheels got stuck in the mud and could not be driven up. They had to abandon the car and escape. As for the 8 sacks of methamphetamine, it is estimated that there were no less than 1.6 million pills, worth more than 10 million baht. The Lopburi Forensic Science Office will be contacted to examine fingerprints and the total number of methamphetamine pills again. - Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency
