Thailand intercepts a tonne of crystal meth in one of its biggest single seizures of the drug

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40 bags of the drug, weighing a ton in total, were found in a truck.

Thailand’s acting national police chief Kittharath Punpetch and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reacting during a press conference where the seized drugs were displayed.– The Thai authorities intercepted about a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in one of the kingdom’s biggest ever single seizures of the illegal drug, the police said on May 12.

Acting national police chief Kittharath Punpetch said police, military and local officials had been monitoring several smuggling gangs and learned of a plan to move a large amount of the drug, commonly known by the street name “Ice”. Its driver was arrested but investigators believe the head of the smuggling network is a Thai national based in a neighbouring country.

 

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