A man arrested in Ubon Ratchathani on Sunday afternoon is accused to be part of a trio smuggling in 12,120 methamphetamine pills and 13.87 grams of crystal meth across the Mekong River.
Thossapol Polcharoen, 26, a resident of Natal district, was arrested in Ban Ubmoong, Khemaraj district, by Navy troops of the Mekong Petrol Taskforce who’d been tipped off in advance.
Seeing three men arrive on foot to collect a suspicious box, the sailors emerged from hiding, only for two of the men to escape into the woods.
The Nation
