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Thailand seizes huge haul of methamphetamine

Thai police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion THB (45 million USD) that were bound for neighbouring Malaysia and beyond, authorities said on August 21.
Thailand seizes huge haul of methamphetamine ảnh 1 Thai police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills that were bound for neighbouring Malaysia and beyond (Photo: Reuters/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Thai police have seizedmore than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion THB (45 millionUSD) that were bound for neighbouring Malaysia and beyond, authorities said onAugust 21.

According to police, the orange pills ofmethamphetamine were confiscated in the northern province of Ayutthaya onAugust 18. Three Thais were arrested in connection with the seizure.

The drugs came from Shan State in northeastMyanmar in an area under the control of an ethnic Wa militia force.

Commander of the Narcotics Suppression BureauLieutenant General Sommai Kongvisaisuk said the drugs were destined forMalaysia and then on to other markets around the world.

The seizure is the latest big methamphetaminebust in the Southeast Asian region. Similar cases had been made in Malaysia andIndonesia.

The production and trafficking ofmethamphetamine in Southeast Asia has reached “alarming levels”, according tothe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Most of the methamphetamine produced in theregion comes from lawless parts of Myanmar, particularly Shan State, which haslong been known for the production of opium and its refined form, heroin.-VNA
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