Narcotics suppression police have arrested two Chinese and two Thai men in Chon Buri's Si Racha district after finding about 985 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, known as "ice", in a container bound for the Philippines, deputy police chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan said at a media briefing on Sunday.
Pol Gen Chalermkiat said the police arrested a Chinese man, Huang Guoxion, 24, and the two Thais - Suban Mahachanon, 57, and Joi Sae Fong, 62 - at a container depot in Si Racha district on Saturday after they inspected several containers.
When the three appeared at the depot to open a container containing 614 boxes of shoes, they were arrested. In a subsequent search of the boxes, 34 were each found to contain 15-20 tea bags stuffed with a crystalised substance. A laboratory test showed it was crystal methamphetamine, weighing about 985kg altogether.
Information from the three led to the arrest of another Chinese suspect, Zhou Qingchu, 44, at a condominium in Bangkok's Huay Khwang district.
The police action came after intelligence information that a group of foreign and Thai people were conspiring to transport drugs in containers being shipped abroad.
