BANGKOK, 7 June 2013 Police in Bung Kan have arrested 2 men who were trying to smuggle 260 kilograms of dried marijuana into the country.
Supphachip Mibun and Bunluea Sawimon were caught with marijuana sticks worth around 2 million baht when officials intercepted their pickup truck in Mueang Bung Kan district and found the narcotics hidden in fertilizer bags on the truck.
Mr. Bunluea confessed he was doing the smuggling for 20,000 baht per trip, and has already carried out the act twice. The marijuana would be picked up at the border area in Hokham sub-district and then delivered to a groups of individuals in Akat Amnuai district in Sakhon Nakhon Province. Those accepting delivery would use an ice transport truck to pick up the drugs. Bunluea said he did not know where the marijuana would be taken after he made his delivery.
