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Customs Department intercepts heroin and cocaine

Bangkok, July 21 - The Customs Department intercepted heroin, cocaine, diesel fuel smuggled into and exported worth 40 million baht.

Mr. Phanthong Loykulnan, consultant for development and management of tax collection As a spokesperson for the Customs Department revealed that the Customs Department cooperates with many agencies. arrest smuggling drugs into the country and prepare to export Destination Australia at Suvarnabhumi Postal Center From checking international registered parcels Declare the product type as WaistBands with the same recipient-sender name. The origin is from Chiang Mai. Destination New South Wales Australia, in the amount of 40 packages, total weight 69.379 kilograms, found a type 1 drug (heroin) hidden inside the back support belt. The total weight of the enclosure is 14 kilograms, worth over 41.84 million baht.

After that, the Customs Department seized 189 grams of cocaine originating in the Republic of Argentina worth more than 567,000 baht at a warehouse at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Suspicious international urgent shipments that there is a hidden drug into the kingdom Declared the product type as KEYCHAINS Origin Republic of Argentina Cocaine, a type 2 narcotic, was found in a plastic bag covered with brown duct tape. hidden inside a cardboard box Which has been modified to be able to put 2 pieces of such items, total weight of about 189 grams, worth more than 567,000 baht

And on the same day (July 20, 2023), the Customs Department arrested the smuggling of 10,000 liters of diesel fuel into the country, worth more than 300,000 baht, in Songkhla province. The Customs Department has been strict and focused on the smuggling of diesel fuel into the country. without evidence or customs clearance documents to show Therefore seized such objects to proceed according to the law.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency