A Thai man’s apparent desire to help the poor led him to crash the methamphetamine prices in the region.

The authorities of the Thai province of Ayutthaya were initially stupefied when the price of meth suddenly tumbled during May, from $8 to $3 per tablet.

A subsequent police investigation revealed that the cause of this illegal drug market crash was 41-year old Prachaub Kanpecth, a man who normally works collecting rubbish and forest honey, but who happened to be in possession of about half a million meth pills.

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