Twenty One Kilograms of Crystal Meth Seized on Mekong River Bank

Army Rangers and police seized 21 kilograms of crystal meth, worth about US$645,000.00, on the bank of the Mekong River in the early hours of Wednesday.

Army Rangers and police from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division lay in wait on the banks of the Mekong River in northern Thailand’s Mukdahan Province, following information that smugglers would land a drug shipment from Laos on the banks of the Mekong River on early Wednesday.

Around 3am, a long-tail boat pulled up to the river bank and the driver tossed a sack onto the sand. As the police and soldiers moved in on the boat it sped off, leaving the sack of crystal meth behind.

The team opened the sack and found 21 green packets labelled Guanyinwang tea, each containing 1kg of crystal meth.

Senior military officers and police announced and displayed the seizure at a media briefing on Wednesday. They valued the haul at more…