Pha Muang Task Force Seized 6KG of Heroin in Northern Thailand

Soldiers from the Pha Muang task force have seized 60 kilogram of heroin when smugglers dumped their loads and fled near the border in Chiang Dao district.

The soldiers spotted two men, each carrying a pack sack, while patrolling the Nong Khieo border area in Northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai province late on Thursday night.

When signaled them to stop the men fled into the darkness of the forest, leaving the pack sacks behind.

When the pack sacks were opened soldiers discovered 173 bricks of heroin weighing 60.55 kilograms in total.

Maj Gen Narit Thavornwong, the Pha Muang task force chief, said drug smuggling is rampant along the border and that heroin seizures have been frequent in recent months.

Meanwhile, a pickup truck driver and a 25-year-old woman have been arrested and 11.1 million speed pills that were seized from a pickup truck that was abandoned in Phayao…