CityNews – Thai and Burmese officials on Tuesday arrested three men and seized 232kg of heroin at a border checkpoint, according to reports.
Khun Sa (1934-2007) was a notorious Shan-Chinese drug smuggler based in Chiang Rai province. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
A total of 665 packs of heroin were found in secret compartments of a truck at a Burmese checkpoint opposite Chiang Rai’s Mae Fa Luang district. The truck was carrying bags of cement.
The haul had a street value of 70 million baht in Myanmar and 10 times that much in Thailand, the report said. The three arrested men were Burmese nationals.
Burmese soldiers and Thai anti-narcotics agents have been conducting joint operations against drug trafficking on the border.