Drugs worth $23m seized in raid on trawlers

Navy officials in Thailand have raided two trawlers in the Andaman Sea and seized heroin and amphetamine pills worth $23.25 million in one of the biggest drug hauls in the country.

Drugs worth $23m seized in raid on trawlers
Mon, 08 Jan, 2001 - 07:08

Navy officials in Thailand have raided two trawlers in the Andaman Sea and seized heroin and amphetamine pills worth $23.25 million in one of the biggest drug hauls in the country.

Twenty-two Myanmar and two Thai crew members were arrested during the raid off Surin Island, in Pnang-nga province.

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