AFP – Thai authorities intercepted a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in one of the kingdom’s biggest ever single seizures of the illegal drug, police said yesterday.
The haul, with an estimated value of more than USD25 million on the international market, was found when officers stopped a pickup truck in central Nakhon Nayok province on Friday.
Acting National Police Chief Kittharath Punpetch said police, military and local officials had been monitoring smuggling gangs and learned of a plan to move a large amount of the drug, commonly known by the street name “ice”.
Kittharath told a news conference that 40 bags of the drug, weighing a tonne in total, were found in the truck. Its driver was arrested but investigators believe the smuggling network leader is a Thai national in a neighbouring country.
