The 30-year-old woman called Suwanna, nicknamed “Nuan”, was arrested in a raid conducted by officers led by Capt Ampol Samorthai of Border Patrol Police Unit 425, based in Phuket.
Police were led to the woman after they had arrested a man by the name of Siripong who was in possession of 0.31 grams of ya ice in front of a Supercheap store on Chaofa East Rd in Phuket Town earlier yesterday.
Siripong told police that he bought the drugs from a woman living in a house in Bang Rakmai community in Moo 1, Mai Khao.
Police went to the house and found Suwanna with 2,538.6kg of ya ice and 14 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) hidden under her bed. Officers also seized a digital scale and a mobile phone as items of evidence.
Suwanna was taken to police station and charged with possession of a Category 1 drug with intent to sell.