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21 tonnes of ‘ice’, B6bn seized in 2021

Soldiers seize 4 million methamphetamine pills in sacks abandoned by smugglers who fled into a forest in Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai late Wednesday night. A police major was killed trying to stop the smugglers. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)

The government seized 21.84 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine aka “ice” and impounded 6.71-billion-baht worth of assets from drug suspects this year.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who is in charge of security, including drug suppression, acknowleged the annual report recently, according to Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanich, spokesman of the Defence Ministry, which also helps deal with drug trafficking. 

This year, authorities also seized 590.71 million speed pills, 81 tonnes of marijuana, three tonnes of heroin, 581,882 ecstasy pills, 1.03 tonnes of ketamine, 521…

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