Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand’s NarcoticsSuppression Bureau announced on August 2 that authorities have arrested 1,374suspects and seized drugs worth about 535 million baht (17.1 million USD) in a crackdownin the northern region from April to June.
Secretary-General of the Office of NarcoticControl Board (ONCB) Niyom Termsrisuk said the most typical of all drugs seizedis crystal methamphetamine.
He said there has been a major influx ofcrystal methamphetamine this year as a result of the heavy suppression in theneighbouring country of Myanmar.
In July alone, 40 big bags containing 1,200kg of crystal methamphetamine were discovered inside cow dung sacks in a truckin the southern province of Surat Thani.
The two arrestees confessed that the methcame from Myanmar, Niyom said.
Crystal methamphetamine is being traffickedthrough Thailand more frequently and in larger quantities.
The ONCB official explained that Myanmarhad always been a transit route where drugs are then transported to southernThailand, and then shipped by sea to third countries such as Malaysia,Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Australia./.