Chiang Mai,, Narcotics Control Board commander went to Chiang Mai to inspect the seized items in the case of a 14-year-old boy involved in smuggling 5.6 million methamphetamine pills, ready to rush to arrest more after he escaped. From yesterday's case, the police at Long Khot Police Station, Chiang Mai Province A checkpoint was set up along the Chiang Mai-Phrao road, Phrao District, and a motorcycle was found with two teenagers wearing black clothing riding on the back. Driving from Phrao District Heading towards Chiang Mai city Officers signaled to slow down in order to stop and search. But the driver sped up and fled. But there were cars parked at the checkpoint. So he tried to escape towards Ban Luang. The officers chased after him. before losing control and falling on the side of the road The driver ran away. A search inside the car found a 14-year-old youth and 28 bags of methamphetamine, approximately 5,600,000 tablets. Initially, the youth admitted that Was hired by Mr. Tia to sit in the car with th e amount of 20,000 baht. Pol. Lt. Gen. Kirisak Tantinwachai, commander of the Narcotics Control Board, said the behavior of the suspects arrested this time is related to a major drug network in the area. This is currently in the process of being expanded, but in fact there have been previous arrests of members of the said network. At that time, more than 14 million tablets were seized. At the end of 2023, more than 6 million methamphetamine tablets were recovered and at the beginning of 2024 approximately 5 million tablets, each time. After the arrest, the network continued to change its members. After this, measures will be expedited to carry out the sweeping operations in the next period. The police themselves must study additional targets in order to update the information. Character of each network For example, in this case, some of the suspects were able to escape, and they still need to be tracked down to capture them. The drug network intentionally uses the target group of youth. or women acting as in termediaries in drug smuggling This is because youth groups are easy to agitate and wages are relatively cheap. In the case where there is an accused offender who is a juvenile, in the investigation process it is necessary to use multidisciplinary agencies and agencies related to youth to help take care of this part together. Which will be sent for prosecution within 24 cm. Emphasizing that we will continue to expand the search for those who survived this arrest. Source: Thai News Agency