Yuth Wongthanom was detained at his house in Moo 6 of Tambon Ban Phaeo in Ban Phaeo District today (Aug 8).
Local police arrived with a search warrant after learning the house owner regularly gave away methamphetamine pills to visitors. They found a plastic bag containing 31 speed pills buried near a mango tree in his backyard.
Mr Yuth told police that he had previously earned a living collecting vegetables for sale. His life took a sudden change for the better when he won a B12 million first-prize in the government lottery on July 16 last year.
He spent B7 million buying four rai of land and B3.5 million on his new house, and then had to welcome the regular stream of friends who came to visit him each day, Thai media reported.
As he was addicted to methamphetamine himself and managed to buy enough to treat his friends free of charge – until word spread too far, and he was arrested.
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