Thai police yesterday revealed the quantity of medicine seized since October of final year, which have been intended for illicit transportation across borders.
The Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) and the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) worked together to grab the medicine. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sarayut Sanguanphokai, the commissioner-general of the NSB, introduced the outcomes.
The drugs seized since October 2022 included 12 kilograms of crystal meth, 11,823 meth pills, 1.7 kilograms of ketamine, 5.3 kilograms of cocaine, and 4.2 kilograms of heroin. The smugglers hid the drugs in on a daily basis gadgets such as kitchen home equipment, snack luggage, pillows, speakers, and baking powder bags to keep away from detection.
The medicine had been smuggled into Thailand from Johannesburg, South Africa, and Ethiopia, and had been destined for Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Australia, based on Pol. Lt. Gen. Sarayut.
The profitable crackdown was carried out consistent with the insurance policies of the national police chief, Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas. The impounded medication will now be sent for further examination to designated units such as the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, the Department of Medical Sciences, the Forensic Science Police Office, and the Institute of Legal Medicine.
After that, the medicine might be saved at the Ministry of Public Health to await destruction, The Pattaya News reported.
This news comes less than a week after Thai Customs officers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport intercepted a drug cargo bound for Hong Kong on March 6. The officials found over forty three kilograms of heroin hidden in hill tribe clothes. The illicit medication had been estimated to be worth 107.5 million baht.
Billion is considered one of many that have occurred at Thai airports over the past few years..