Heroin seizures worth B97 million reported

At Bangkok Port and Suvarnabhumi Airport, seized were packages destined for Taiwan and Australia.

Senior customs officials and police display seized heroin, worth about 97 million baht, during a media conference on Saturday. The drugs were destined for Taiwan and Australia.(Photo: Customs Department)
Older customs officials and officers display seized heroin, for about 97 million rmb, during a press conference on Saturday. The medicines were destined for Taiwan and Australia. ( Photo: Customs Department )

The Narcotics Suppression Bureau and the Customs Department collaborated to seize about 97 million baht of cocaine before heading to Taiwan and Australia.

Theeraj Athanavanich, director-general of the Customs Department, said on Saturday that the government successfully suppressed an effort to bring morphine out of the land on three separate occasions.

At the Bangkok Port, which has Taiwan as its location, cautious cargo discovered three meatball making machines and three meat grinders. The heroin was discovered hidden in the vehicles of two meat grinders, totaling 11.8 kg and worth about 35.2 % of Malaysia.

On Aug 8, the ministry found cocaine hidden in 600 pieces of hill tribe clothes weighing 20.25 kilogrammes, for about 60.75 million baht, at the Bangkok Port. This shipment was heading to Australia. &nbsp,

One item headed for Australia was discovered during the Suvarnabhumi Post Office’s global cheerful piece observation in relation to the interception of drug trafficking by air. The authorities found cocaine hidden in the side wall of a telegraph parcel box.

The side walls of a telegraph piece box was where the authorities discovered heroin. Its overall mass was 320 micrograms and its price was about 960, 000 ringgit.