Mekong action results in huge haul of drugs
More than 32 million methamphetamine pills have been seized thanks to a two-month-long coordinated anti-drug campaign by countries in the Mekong Delta, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).
The joint campaign was implemented in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia since December, and driven by integrated efforts by anti-drugs authorities in each country, said Niyom Termsrisuk, the ONCB secretary-general. Authorities are hailing the success of the effort.
Mr Niyom said the aim of the operation was to block the flow of precursor drugs to illicit drug-production bases and prevent the drugs from leaving the production areas in the Golden Triangle.
