Anti-drug forces of East and Southeast Asian nations seized over 1 billion meth tablets in 2021, according to statistics announced by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) on May 30.
Police in Muong Lat district in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on May 27 said they have arrested a smuggler of nearly 2,000 methamphetamine pills.
Police in the central province of Ha Tinh, on October 25, said they have captured two men for trafficking 30 heroin bricks and 6,000 methamphetamine pills.
The Border Guard High Command of the north central province of Thanh Hoa on September 13 said they had arrested a man trafficking seven bricks of heroin (weighing about 350 grams a brick) and 56,000 methamphetamine pills.
Police in Song Ma district of the northern border province of Son La arrested three drug traffickers and seized more than 7,000 drug pills on April 12.
Two Lao nationals were arrested on suspicion of smuggling 12,000 methamphetamine pills in Moc Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La on March 4.
Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa said on January 22 that they had busted two drug rings from Laos, seizing more than 6,000 methamphetamine pills, a brick of heroin (350g), one kg of crystal meth and weapons.
Police in the northern border province of Son La on October 31 caught red-handed two man smuggling drugs in Cuong Muong hamlet, Muong Chum commune, Muong La district.
Police of Quynh Nhai district in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 28 arrested four men when they were illegally transporting about 54,000 methamphetamine pills to neighbouring Lao Cai province.
The border guard force of the central province of Quang Tri, in cooperation with Lao authorised agencies, have arrested drug smugglers from Laos, seizing 200,000 methamphetamine pills.
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.
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