Giant ice haul doubtless sure for Aust seized in Thailand

Legislation enforcement officers in Thailand say they’ve seized greater than a tonne of methamphetamine they consider was sure for Australia.

Officers from police and the Narcotics Management Board introduced the 1.2 tonnes of the drug, also referred to as “ice”, doubtless got here from Thailand’s northern border area, which is a part of the Golden Triangle the place the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet.

The methamphetamine seized final Wednesday in Songkhla province was disguised as packages of tea.

Officers introduced at a information convention on Monday the three suspects believed to be transporting the drug had escaped, making it arduous to know the traffickers’ plans.

Wichai Chaimongkol, the secretary normal of the Narcotics Management Board, mentioned authorities had hoped to trace the medicine to their vacation spot in Australia so as to arrest higher-ranking members of the trafficking gang, however the three suspected smugglers in Songkhla turned conscious they had been being watched.

Thai officers consider the medicine, hidden in a home and two utes, had been to be smuggled to Australia by sea, mentioned Wichai.

Medicine that had been seized in latest raids, together with in Bangkok in March and April, additionally had been supposedly sure for Australia.

In November final yr, Thai narcotics officers mentioned up to now yr that they had intercepted medicine sure for Australia 22 occasions disguised in numerous kinds, considered one of which concerned pillow instances that had been coated with methamphetamine.

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