1.2 tonnes of drugs seized near Malaysian-Thai border

Updated 2 years ago · Published on 19 Jun 2021 5:10PM · 0 Comments

A Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau officer standing guard behind of confiscated narcotics during the 50th destruction of confiscated narcotics ceremony at Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, on June 26 last year. On Thursday, Thai authorities seized about 1.2 tonnes of heroin and methamphetamine abandoned in a mangrove forest near the Malaysia-Thailand border in Satun province. – EPA pic, June 19, 2021.

THAI authorities have seized about 1.2 tonnes of heroin and methamphetamine worth about one billion baht (RM132 million) abandoned in a mangrove forest near the Malaysia-Thailand border in Satun province.

In a statement, Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 said during a joint patrol, the authorities discovered the drugs wrapped in newspapers in 39 plastic fruit and vegetable crates scattered near a mangrove forest in Khlong Tammalang, Muang district on Thursday.

“Initial investigation found the drugs were dropped off by traffickers and later, it was to be picked up by another group for delivery,” it said.

“The drugs are destined for a third country.”

Local media reported that the seizure, one of the largest drug hauls in Satun province, is believed for delivery to Malaysia. – Bernama, June 19, 2021.