Authorities have seized crystal methamphetamine with a street value of about 1.2 billion baht stuffed inside boxing punching bags bound for Australia, officials said on Thursday.
Customs officers inspected the shipment after growing suspicious of the Thai-made training equipment, which is not in high demand in Australia, Thai and Australian officials investigating the matter told a news conference in Bangkok.
More than 193kg of the drugs, also known as ice, were hidden among 15 different bags.
Surrounded by cameras, a customs official sliced through a long cardboard box and then the red outer layer of the boxing punch bag, exposing the drugs hidden amongst the…
