Roi Et City police arrested a 32-year-old woman along with 3,918 methamphetamine pills after a sting operation caught her at a drug delivery point. She confessed, saying her husband was arrested last month in Sakon Nakhon with over 300,000 methamphetamine pills. The drugs she sold were leftovers from her husband. Without a profession, she sold the drugs to support herself but was eventually caught by police again.
On 17 Oct 2026, an investigative team from Roi Et City Police Station, led by Pol. Col. Napaphat Songkroh, Chief of Roi Et City Police, together with Pol. Lt. Col. Somphot Saewangkaew, Deputy Chief of Investigation, and Pol. Lt. Col. Kowit Hanpradit, Investigation Officer, arrested Ms. Sakao, 32, from Phon Thong District, Roi Et Province, and seized 3,918 methamphetamine pills.
The operation began when officers had an informant arrange to buy five bags of methamphetamine. At the scheduled meeting, the suspect arrived on a motorcycle to deliver the drugs at a rendezvous point along the Roi Et-Phon Thong road, Ban Na, Nuea Mueang Subdistrict, Roi Et City. Police then revealed themselves and arrested her with some of the drugs. They expanded the investigation by searching her residence at Ban Nong Yang, Nong Luang Subdistrict, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province, recovering a total of 3,918 pills.
During preliminary questioning, the suspect confessed that her husband was arrested last month in Sakon Nakhon with more than 300,000 methamphetamine pills. She said the drugs she sold this time were leftovers from her husband. She claimed she had no job and sold the drugs to earn a living before being arrested by police.
Authorities initially charged her with trafficking Category 1 narcotics, specifically methamphetamine, possessing them for sale causing public spread, drug use of Category 1 substances, and driving under the influence of drugs in violation of the law. Legal proceedings will continue accordingly.