Authorities seize 80 bricks of heroin at a warehouse in Bueng Kum district, Bangkok, on Thursday. (Photo: Narcotics Control Board)
More 100 kilogrammes of narcotics were intercepted in an operation in Thailand, and suspects from three countries were arrested, the Narcotics Control Board (NCB) reported.
On April 1, Thai authorities received a tip-off that heroin was being smuggled from Thailand to Australia, NCB secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkhon said on Thursday. Working alongside a joint task force, the NCB 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 Bueng Kum district of Bangkok.
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