PUBLISHED: 18 Dec 2024 at 07: 11
After discovering new methods to promote its vehicles, authorities are tightening their efforts to stop the flow of drugs along Myanmar’s border.
On Tuesday, Lt. Gen. Somjing Koree, Deputy Commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment, and his team inspected the functions of Tak and Mae Hong Son’s drug-suppression products.
He claimed that army products have increased their security capabilities, particularly in Mae Hong Son and some areas of Chiang Mai.
Due to this, the network ‘ businesses slowed down or changed their modes of transportation to some border places in Chiang Rai and the Fang and Mae Ai regions of Chiang Mai state.
Our team found that illegal drugs are also present in large quantities along the frontier, but the transport patterns are different, specifically with the movement of goods and parcels in modified vehicles and buried in agricultural products, particularly in advance of the New Year’s Eve celebration.
Nakhon Phanom, near the Mekong River, is home to a chamber stuffed with cocaine medications. A drug crew was going to pick up the chamber. Pattnapong Sripiachai
He claimed that during 44 detention, including nine conflicts in Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, and Tak, regional authorities seized 47 million meth tablets from October 1 to December 16.
The number of tablets seized was 11 million higher– off 23.95 %– than during the same time next year.
In contrast, about 2, 357kg of crystal methamphetamine, or ya snow, 140kg of cocaine, and 802.86kg of morphine were confiscated, he said.
A 30-liter drum was discovered floating in the Mekong River in the northern province of Nakhon Phanom, which appeared strange.
According to Capt Thanakorn Nalek, chief of the 2103rd Ranger Task Force, they discovered a lot of cocaine tablets were hidden inside after looking at it.
They contacted nearby security companies, including Preecha Suengthong, the Tha Uthen area commander, to do an initial evaluation.
They found 108, 000 meth tablets outside.
A significant amount of illegal drugs were flown down the Mekong River from northeastern Thailand, according to data from security agencies, to prevent police patrols.
They placed a large number of pills in 30-liter plastic drums on fishing boats, timed the trip, and dumped them into the Mekong River so that the wind had finally blow them in the direction of the shore and trick the authorities, he said.