News:2020-10-05/Trafficking/mae-sot-police-and-soldiers-seize-360-kg-of-compressed-cannabis-bound-for-myawaddy

NewsTrafficking5 October 2020

Mae Sot police and soldiers seize 360 kg of compressed cannabis bound for Myawaddy

Eleven Media reported a press conference at Mae Sot police station on 6 October 2020, at which police said two Myanmar nationals had been arrested in Mae Sot with 360 kg of cannabis intended to be taken into Myanmar. At about 1 pm on 5 October, Thai soldiers and police at the checkpoint of the Second Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge searched a vehicle driven from Thailand towards Myawaddy and found 136 packets of cannabis in cardboard boxes; a second man was arrested in Mae Sot that evening. The driver said he had been hired by someone in Myawaddy to carry the goods from the Mae Tao area of Mae Sot for 1,500 baht. Police said at the press conference that the 360 kg came from north-eastern Thailand.

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PlaceMae Sot DistrictTak ProvinceThailand

AgencyMae Sot Police Station; 4th Infantry Regiment; Office of the Narcotics Control Board

Approximate location16.71, 98.57

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2020-10-05 Trafficking Mae Sot police and soldiers seize 360 kg of compressed cannabis bound for Myawaddy Eleven Media reported a press conference at Mae Sot police station on 6 October 2020, at which police said two Myanmar nationals had been arrested in Mae Sot with 360 kg of cannabis intended to be taken into Myanmar. At about 1 pm on 5 October, Thai soldiers and police at the checkpoint of the Second Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge searched a vehicle driven from Thailand towards Myawaddy and found 136 packets of cannabis in cardboard boxes; a second man was arrested in Mae Sot that evening. The driver said he had been hired by someone in Myawaddy to carry the goods from the Mae Tao area of Mae Sot for 1,500 baht. Police said at the press conference that the 360 kg came from north-eastern Thailand. https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/thai-police-catch-myanmar-nationals-trafficking-marijuana Thailand Tak Province Mae Sot District 16° 42' 36.00" N, 98° 34' 12.00" E administrative seat Mae Sot Police Station; 4th Infantry Regiment; Office of the Narcotics Control Board