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Thailand transit area for illicit drugs

Thailand has been used by drug traders as a hub and transit area for the transport of drugs, particularly crystal methamphetamine or ice and heroin, to various countries, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Monday.

Mr Somsak said Thailand had rarely been used as a drug production base due to its severe penalties against drug production and trade.

Most of the drugs were produced by minority groups in the Golden Triangle area of Myanmar and smuggled into Thailand on many routes.

The drugs were smuggled via Tak and Kanchanaburi provinces across the western border, as well as through Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai in the North. There were also drug smuggling routes via Laos to Notheast Thailand and Vietnam.

Mr Somsak said crystal methamphetamine and heroin transported through Thailand were destined for 19 countries and territories, including China, Macau, Taiwan, Hong…

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