Need for speed: Thai cops seized 90 million amphetamine pills this year

Photo: Illustration
Photo: Illustration

Thailand has seized more than 90 million speed pills and more than a metric ton of crystal meth this year.

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board said it had also admitted 120,000 drug addicts for rehab.

Scretary-general Narong Rattananukul said 1,700 rai of land in Thailand was being used to plant opium, although most illegal drugs are smuggled in from neighboring countries.

Let’s take a moment to remember some of those who fell foul of Thai drugs laws this year: the sexy model and Miss Maxim runner-up who got arrested with her boyfriend over possession of meth; the not-so-bright Aussie-Thai pair who got caught allegedly selling drugs to undercover cops; and the monks who were nabbed over allegedly buying and taking methamphetamines.



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