Nong Khai District with the scouts and related agencies Seized 1 million methamphetamine pills

On December 8, 2021, at Rattanawapi Naval Station, Rattanawapi District, Nong Khai Province, admiral Sombat Jutanom Commander of the Mekong River, Lt. Gen., Putipong Musikul Nong Khai Police Chief, Panutat Thipwong Panutat Thipwongthong, M.D. Head of Rattanawapi Naval Station, Phuvis Siripanich, Rattanawapi Police Chief, Lt. Col. Pimol Praditdong, Head of News Gathering Unit, Watcharin Chotipong Deputy Sheriff’s Deputy Head of Administrative Services Group Rattanawapi District with Military Officers, Interception and Suppression Surasak Montree Forces and related agencies, jointly announced the seizure of 1 million pills on the banks of the Mekong River Behind the house Near Ban Tan Chum’s Rear Pumping Station Moo 3, Rattanawapi, Rattanawapi, Nongkhai with Thai suspect.

This meth seized and arrested at approximately 7:00 p.m. on December 7, 2021. The head of Rattanawapi Naval Station was informed by the call that a group of men were seen carrying sacks from the banks of the Mekong River at ban Tan Chum’s rear pumping station, Moo 3, Rattanawapi village, Rattanawapi district, Nong Khai Province. Therefore, reported to the supervisors and coordinated the relevant agencies and organized the extraction forces to search both by boat and land until about 7:30 p.m.

Gunfire was heard in the woods next to Wat Ratchadamri. Officers then inspected and checked which agencies were in the area. He was later learned that two paramilitary officers were ambushed, and paramilitary officers found the suspected man walking in a rubber plantation beside a forest about 200 meters from where the spy was informed.

The scouts showed up for a search. The man appeared to be pervert and tried to run away. The ranger then fired his gun into the air to stop, but the suspicious man refused to stop, relying on darkness and expertise in the area to run away. Officers from the relevant authorities then joined and integrated the search carpet. A suspected man was found hiding in a banana forest in a forest. Officers were detained for questioning. The suspected man testified that the search found nothing illegal, and no backpack was found by the man suspected of carrying.

Officers carpeted the search for the backpack until about 8:20 p.m. Officers found three black sacks hidden in a bush in the banana plantation behind a house near Ban Tan Chum’s rear pumping station. The sack contained methamphetamine hidden, and the suspected man was taken to Rattanawapi Naval Station, where the officers delivered the central shipment with the suspected man to the investigators.

Source: Nongkhai Online News, Pattarawin Leepan