A large cache of narcotics worth more than Bt140 million was found yesterday at an abandoned petrol station in Ayutthaya, but a team of civilian anti-narcotics agents could not get their hands on the drug dealers because their cover was blown out by local police.
The drugs, placed inside in a pickup truck, were dropped off at the site in Wang Noi district supposedly by sellers, before Wang Noi police, acting upon a complaint by the owner of the premises, searched the vehicle yesterday, prompting the anti-narcotics team to abort its stakeout.
The cache contains 32 1-kilogram packs of "ice" worth around Bt100 million and 150,000 amphetamine tablets worth around Bt40 million. The Office of Narcotic Control Board agents said later that they were following the vehicle, with a Nakhon Pathom license plate, but gave up after Wang Noi police showed up.
Meanwhile yesterday, police arrested three people during a delivery of 10,000 amphetamine tablets near Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan province, before seizing another 90,000 tablets at one of the suspect's home.
In another arrest on Tuesday, police apprehended a second-year computer student for possessing 400 amphetamine tablets, which he bought through SMS.