Police have arrested a man who turned up at a Phuket Town post office to sign for a parcel sent from Bangkok by Thailand Post’s EMS service. The box contained more than 2,000 methamphetamine (yaba) pills and and 20 ecstasy pills.
The arrest was made yesterday by undercover officers dressed as EMS postal workers.
Officers arrested Kornaphat Tipsak, 33, from Phuket, when he turned up to collect the parcel after a tip-off informed officers of the parcel’s delivery.
Inside the parcel were 10 plastic bags each containing 202 yaba pills, and a separate bag containing 20 ecstasy pills.
Police also seized a smartphone and drug-taking paraphernalia in making the arrest, reported Phuket Provincial Police Chief Investigator Col Akanit Danpitaksarn.
Kornaphat denied the charge of possession of drugs with intent to sell.
He remains in custody and faces further questioning by police, Col. Akanit said.
Story: The Phuket News
