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62m meth pills seized since October in North

Latest major bust involved 2 million pills seized in Chiang Rai

Region 5 police hold a media briefing in Chiang Mai on Wednesday with the 6 million methamphetamine pills seized in a recent raid in Chiang Rai. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)

Police in northern Thailand have seized 62 million methamphetamine pills in the last five months, according to statistics released this week by Provincial Police Region 5.

The most recent major seizure involved 6 million pills in a drug suppression drive in Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai on March 2, said Pol Lt Gen Piya Tawichai, Provincial Police Region 5 commissioner.

The action followed a tip-off from informants that a large quantity of meth pills would be delivered…

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