More than 100 kilogrammes of narcotics were intercepted in an operation in Thailand, and suspects from three countries were arrested, the Narcotics Control Board (NCB) reported yesterday.
NCB secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkhon said Thai authorities received a tip-off on Tuesday that heroin was being smuggled from Thailand to Australia.
The NCB worked alongside a joint task force and was able to seize 80 bricks of heroin, weighing a total of 29.6kg. The bricks had been concealed in plastic resin and were due to be shipped from a warehouse in Bung Kum district of Bangkok.
At the scene, police arrested Kanda Kanthong, a 34-year-old Songkhla native. She allegedly admitted to being hired by Leung Ka Wing, a 63-year-old Malaysian man.
The Malaysian was later apprehended at a petrol…
