Thai Navy SEAL and anti-narcotics officers seize 909kg of crystal meth

Thai drug enforcement officials and Navy SEALs seized 909kg of crystal methamphetamine, or Ice, on Tuesday night from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Thailand, about 20 nautical miles from Samed Island in the eastern province of Rayong. 

The 6 crew members were arrested.  Officers from the Office of the Narcotic Control Board (ONCB) also seized six cars, two motorcycles, bank accounts and other assets, worth altogether more than 5 million baht, in follow-up raids on five locations in Rayong and two in Bangkok on Wednesday.

ONCB Secretary-General attributed the successful operation to four months of intensive investigation into the activities of a transnational drug trafficking gang, which uses fishing vessels to transport illegal narcotics to ocean-going vessels.