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Thai Customs Seizes 93Kg of Crystal Meth Bound for Australia

Thailand’s Customs Authorities seized 1.2 billion baht worth of crystal methamphetamine stuffed inside punching bags bound for Australia, officials announced on Thursday.

In a news conference in Bangkok, Thai and Australian officials investigating the matter said customs officers became suspicious of the shipment after finding the training equipment to be unpopular in Australia.

15 different bags were found to contain a total of 193kg of crystal meth, also known as ice on the streets of Australia.

Behind the lens of news cameras, a Thai customs official sliced through the red outer layer of a boxing punch bag and exposed the hidden crystal methamphetamine.

Acting Superintendent Joel Carruthers of the Australian Border Force said Australia consumes 11 tonnes of methamphetamine annually. Because of this, Thailand has a big market for this, and disrupting it overseas is fantastic.”

Meanwhile, Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), said his agency and the Australian police share drug-related information to crack down on domestic and transnational trafficking rings more effectively.

As part of the move, a database will be set up to support investigations that will lead to the arrest of major transnational drug traffickers in Thailand and Australia. In addition, the database will be set up to increase narcotics examination and analysis in Thailand.

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], the production of methamphetamine in Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle – the border region between Thailand, Laos and Myanmar – has risen dramatically in the past few years.

 

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