The bust was made by the Mekong Riverine Unit, a joint task force that operates on and near the river, on the Thailand side. (File photo)A total of 14.6 million methamphetamine tablets were seized in a crackdown on drug trafficking carried out on a road running along the Mekong River in Wiang Kaen district of Chiang Rai in the early hours of Monday. However, all of the occupants fled their respective vehicles under the cover of darkness, said Maj Gen Wichit Wongsang, chief of the Pha Muang task force in Chiang Rai. Some 73 sacks were seized from the two cars, yielding 14.6 million meth tablets, he said. The raid was carried out by a combined force of soldiers from the Pha Muang task force, local police and officials from the Narcotics Control Board's Region 5 office.

Source: Bangkok Post October 29, 2018 21:56 UTC