Thailand seizes record 1.6 tonnes of crystal meth

Thailand Anti-narcotics police have confiscated about 1.65 tons of cotton bales impregnated with crystal methamphetamine (Ice) from a warehouse in the Rat Burana district of Bangkok. Five people, including a woman who rented the warehouse, have been arrested. They originated in an African country and were destined for India.

They were denied entry, so the sender contacted a Thai woman in Bangkok to arrange for the bales to be stored before shipping to another country. The woman was arrested last week at the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre in Khlong Toei district. The drug, impregnated into the cotton, could not be seen with the naked eye, the police said.