Myanmar national San Nyunt is arrested with kratom in the bag as he is crossing the border to Muang district of Prachua Khiri Khan on Sunday. (Photo by Chaiwat Satyaem)
PRACHUAP KHIRIKHAN: A Myanmar man was arrested after he illegally crossed the border into Thailand through a natural pass in Muang district with 20 kilogrammes of kratom, a kind of narcotic plant, police said.
A combined unit of border patrol police and administrative officials was patrolling near Ban Hup Phueng, a village near a natural pass on the Thai-Myanmar border, when the man was spotted carrying a shoulder bag.
The man was identified as San Nyunt, 45, a Myanmar national who had just entered Thailand through the natural border crossing.
Police said the bag contained about 20 kilogrammes of ground kratom leaves. Kratom is a mild…
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