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Man caught, 10m meth pills seized in Samut Prakan

Drug suspect Pongsakorn “Bomb’’ Phravorn, 22, is arrested and packages containing 10,310,000 methamphetamine pills seized during at his house in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district in the early hours of Tuesday. (Supplied photo from narcotics suppression police)

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SAMUT PRAKAN: A young man was arrested and more than 10 million methamphetamine pills seized from his house in Bang Phli district in the early hours of Tuesday.

Police from Metropolitan Police Division 8 raided the house in tambon Bang Kaeo and found 10,310,000 speed pills in neatly wrapped packages around 1.30am.

The owner, Pongsakorn “Bomb’’ Phravorn, 22, was detained at the house, Thai media reported on Tuesday.

The raid followed information that Mr Pongsakorn was a major drug trafficker. Police had closely monitored his activities and suspected he stored large quantities of illicit drugs at the house.


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