On December 9, 2021, Lt. Gen. Sawarat Saengphon, Commander of the 2nd Army Area, Col. Sukontharat Chaophong, commander of the 1st Control Squadron, Surasak Montri Force, received a report that drugs will be transported stuck from neighboring countries came into the kingdom in the area of Ban Wan Yai, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, therefore ordered Capt. Narudon Utsikhan, commander of the fast-moving unit.
1st Control Division, Surasak Montri Force (The 1st Commander-in-Chief, the Surat Montri Force, together with the Security Department, the administrative department of Wan Yai district reconnaissance and ambush surveillance in the area until about 6:45 p.m., a long-tailed motorboat was detected sailing from the Lao PDR coast to the Thai side in the area along the banks of the Mekong River Ban Wan Yai, Wan Yai Subdistrict, Wan Yai District, Mukdahan Province, and have thrown things loaded inside the boat ashore before sailing away from shore. Then there were about 6 men helped to carry that item to a pick-up truck that was parked on the road near the scene until it was completed.
The officers who were in ambush, therefore, presented the request to search the said pickup truck A group of men carrying belongings, knowing they were officers, ran and used the darkness to escape. Apart from 2 males and females, Boonsom Khamkham, 51 years old, lives at 3/15 Village No. 2, Wang Pha Subdistrict, Ban Rai District, Uthai Thani Province, and Miss Ploychompoo, 18 years old, residing at 163/ 2 Phai Khiao Subdistrict, Sawang Arom District, Uthai Thani Province, and a Toyota car, a bronze color, registration number 2 ก.ค. 613, Bangkok, was at the scene of the accident check the trunk and inside the car cab.
16 sacks wrapped in black plastic were found, containing cannabis sticks. Therefore arrested both men and women, along with cars and marijuana items to check at the fast-moving unit (QRF)
Bang Sai Noi Subdistrict Wan Yai District The officers counted 704 bars/kg in detail.
From questioning the two accused confessed to actually taking marijuana and accepted according to the allegations that there was a category 5 drug (marijuana) in possession for sale, then brought to the inspector with the medium to deliver to the Wan Yai Police Station investigation officer, Wan District Major, Mukdahan Province to continue the legal proceedings.
Source: Siam Focus Times