Police in Chiang Rai Seize 1.2 Million Meth Pills Floating in River

Police in Chiang Rai have reported finding approximately 1.2 million meth pills floating in packages on the Mae Lao and Ing Rivers. Villagers summoned police after spotting the packages containing meth pills on the two rivers.

Narcotic suppression officers said that in total 1,268,000 meth pills have been found floating in packages in the two rivers over the past three days.

Police believe the drugs were floated down the rivers to bypass security forces that have stepped up border security all along Chiang Rai’s natural border areas with Laos and Myanmar.

Meth production in Myanmar’s Shan State has gone into overdrive since Myanmar’s February 1 military coup unsettled the complex balance of power in the Golden Triangle. An area dominated by warlords, armed militias, gunrunners and drug traffickers, say narcotics suppression officials.

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