270 kg of marijuana found abandoned on the Mekong riverbank
Border patrol police found 270 kg of dried marijuana packed in eight bags on the Mekong's bank in Tha Uthen district on the night of 12 September 2020. Nobody was caught; police said the bars had been smuggled across the river by boat for onward delivery.
🇹🇭 Hat Sai Phe village, Nong Thao, Tha Uthen district, Nakhon Phanom · Thailand
Border patrol police found 270 kg of dried marijuana abandoned on the bank of
the Mekong river in Tha Uthen district on the night of 12 September 2020.[1][2]Officers of Border Patrol Police Company 237 found eight black plastic
bags near Hat Sai Phe village in tambon Nong Thao.[1][2]The bags held 270
bars of dried marijuana, each weighing a kilogram, described by police as
premium grade.[1][2]
Police believe the bags were smuggled across the river in long-tail boats to
the Thai side and left there awaiting further delivery.[1][2]Nobody was at
the scene when the officers arrived, and no arrests were reported.[1][2]
Company commander Pol Lt Col Apisit Rodnoy told a press conference the next
day in Muang district that nearly two tonnes of marijuana had been seized in
the border province during the previous month.[1][2]The seized bars were
displayed at the company headquarters in Tha Uthen for the media.[1]
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Border Patrol Police commander Apisit Rodnoy shows seized marijuana bricks at a press briefing in Nakhon PhanomPhoto details
Nobody was found at the scene and no arrests were reported.
Police said nearly two tonnes of marijuana had been seized in the border province during the previous month; those separate seizures are left out here.
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