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Police have arrested members of two drug gangs and seized 200,000 methamphetamine pills and 50 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, or ice.

Suthat Panji, 42 was arrested yesterday for possession of 200,000 methamphetamine pills, or yaba. His car and five mobile phones were also confiscated, police said on Monday.

The suspect told investigators that he planned to deliver yaba from Chiang Rai province to two people at a gas station on Ram Intra Road and at a parking lot in Bangkok's Wang Thonglang district yesterday evening.

Two other suspects, Seksan Sonsuphab, 42, and Palida Rattanawirun, 21, were arrested on the same day.

In another case, police yesterday arrested two drug suspects, Somboon Saelee, 24, and Sitthidet Charaschote, 21, and seized six kilogrammes of crystal meth.

Police said the drugs were hidden in teabags.

The pair confessed that they were delivering the drug from Lampang province to Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai district, according to police.

Two cell phones and a pickup truck were confiscated.

All five drug suspects were taken to the Narcotics Suppression Bureau for further investigation.

Police arrest five drug suspects and seize 200,000 yaba pills and 50kg of crystal meth smuggled from northern provinces.