LOEI - Soldiers seized 2.7 million methamphetamine pills which were delivered across the Mekong River to Pak Chom district on Monday night.
Lt Withaya Sing-on, commander of Ranger Company 2013, said an army patrol from the Surasak Montree Force was deployed along the bank of the Mekong River near Ban Khok Wao in tambon Hat Khamphi on Monday night after a tip off a large amount of methamphetamine pills would be brought across the river to the village.
Late that night the soldiers saw three men walk down to the river bank from a white Toyota pickup and return to the vehicle, each carrying a sack
The soldiers examined the river bank and found 13 more sacks. The sacks contained 1,350 packages containing in total about 2.7 million methamphetamine pills, which were later handed over to Pak Chom police, he said.
Pak Chom police were investigating.