Customs seize 240 kg of cannabis after pickup chase in Mukdahan
Customs officers seized 240 kg of dried marijuana from a bronze Toyota pickup in Wan Yai district on 22 September 2020 after a chase along Highway 212; the driver crashed into an oncoming car and fled, and the cannabis, smuggled from Laos via Nong Khai, was taken to the Mukdahan customs office.
🇹🇭 Highway 212, Wan Yai district, Mukdahan · Thailand
Mukdahan customs officers seized240 kilogrammes of dried marijuana after a car chase in Wan Yai district in the small hours of Tuesday 22 September 2020.[1]The bust followed a tip from the customs office at Nong Khai that marijuana smuggled across the Mekong river from Laos would be driven south to Mukdahan for delivery to customers elsewhere in the country, said Mukdahan customs chief Promchai Sanitwong Na Ayutthaya.[1]
Chase, crash and flight
At about 1am officers staking out Highway 212 from Wan Yai to Mukdahan spotted a bronze Toyota pickup and gave chase.[1]The pickup swerved across the median, drove against the flow of traffic and crashed into an oncoming car, whose four occupants, including a young child, were not hurt.[1]The pickup driver ran away into the darkness.[1]
Officers searched the pickup and found 240 black plastic sacks of dried marijuana weighing one kilogram each.[1]The pickup and the drugs were taken to the customs office in Mukdahan for further investigation.[1]
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The pickup holding 240 kg of dried marijuana at the Mukdahan customs office for examinationPhoto details
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