Police seized 110 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine along with other drugs and arrested two smugglers at a hotel in Bangkok on Thursday.
The drugs were believed to be destined for sale in Bangkok and surrounding provinces during the coming Songkran festival.
The haul of crystal methamphetamine and 60kg of ketamine were found hidden in a Honda H-RV parked at a hotel in Pathumwan district on Thursday morning.
Police found more drugs — 7,000 speed pills, 1.4kg of heroin, 8kg of crystal meth or “ice”, 1.5kg of ketamine and 2,000 ecstasy pills — at a nearby condominium unit, police said.
After learning that drugs would be brought to the hotel for others to pick up, police went to the parking area where they found the two suspects.
The duo confessed to having transported the drugs from Saraburi province to the hotel.
One of the suspects drove the car containing the drugs. He told police this was his third delivery and he was paid 50,000 baht for each one.
A second suspect was arrested as he arrived on a motorcycle with another man to pick up the drugs at the car park around 7am. The third suspect managed to flee.
