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900kg of crystal meth seized from fishing trawler

Six arrested with shipment believed destined for Australia on boat off Koh Samet

Wichai Chaimongkhon, secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board, examines sacks and barrels containing more than 900kg of crystal methamphetamine during a media briefing on Thursday. (Photo: Narcotics Control Board)

Authorities have arrested six drug smugglers and seized 909 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, believed to be destined for Australia, from a fishing trawler south of Koh Samet in the Gulf of Thailand.

The seizure was the culmination of a four-month operation that began with an intelligence report from the National Security Council (NSC), according to Wichai Chaimongkhon, secretary-general of the…

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