An Ayutthaya man was arrested yesterday after he stumbled upon a large quantity of drugs hidden in the forest and gave them away to his friends to sell, according to police.
Prajuab Kanpetch, 41, was caught with 470,000 pills of yaba at his home after police were notified that many local dealers had obtained free drugs from Prajuab.
Prajuab, who collects and sells products from the forest for a living, was reportedly looking for fish in a forest near Asia Road when he saw a man hide seven backpacks before driving away in a white Chevrolet, Pol. Sutthi Puangpikul, a police investigator, said in a press conference yesterday.
Prajuab opened the backpacks and found drugs. Lots of drugs. He took four of the backpacks home. They contained a total of 700,000 pills of yaba and 10 kilograms of crystal meth, Daily News reported.
According to the police, Prajuab confessed that he gave away 230,000 pills of yaba and all of the meth to 10 friends who are poor, hoping they could sell the drugs to pay off debts.
The rest he kept for his own personal use and to sell.
Police also arrested two women who received drugs from Prajuab, Sompong Thanyaphol, 47 and Pannarai Phinyophol, 25.
Police are searching for the others who have obtained drugs from Prajuab and are investigating the source of the drugs, Thairath reported.
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