webfact Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Police get their hands on haul of opium in Mae Hong Son border By THE NATION After receiving a tip-off, police officers and soldiers decided to lie in wait for smugglers near a natural border between Mae Hong Son and Myanmar. Their wait paid off because just after midnight on Monday (September 21) they managed to swoop down on a 42-year-old Myanmar national carrying close to 5 kilograms of opium in his backpack. The suspect was later taken to the border patrol police camp for interrogation and was charged with possessing illegal narcotics. More drugs are being smuggled into Thailand since they no longer fetch a high price in Myanmar. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394873 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-09-21 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Poet Posted September 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, webfact said: More drugs are being smuggled into Thailand since they no longer fetch a high price in Myanmar. Idiotic analysis. Since the 1960's, the overwhelming majority of drugs in Myanmar have been produced for export, and Thailand has been their biggest market and gateway to the world. The Thai police are probably catching more smugglers because some officers need to find news ways to make money now that the easy pickings of tourism have evaporated. Edited September 21, 2020 by Poet 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChakaKhan Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Cop on the right.."I'll stay here and guard the stash, you go get the sangsom-mixers and ice"....and the girls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4reaL Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Looks more like some head stash for a local village if still opium paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Every time I read of a drug bust, it makes me happy that not all of the drugs are getting to their destination. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventenio Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 5 kg caught, but the real package had 89752098743895743985043758943057984 kg that was in the tunnel only 1 km from that picture. or the new invisible drones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Didn't it say "hands off" on the boxes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 19 hours ago, webfact said: After receiving a tip-off, police officers and soldiers decided to lie in wait for smugglers near a natural border between Mae Hong Son and Myanmar. While a mule train with 500 Kgs of YaBa, made its way across the border 2 Km away ????, they will sacrifice one man for the big load to get through. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Tomorrows headlines will be Cops auction off 5 kg of Opium in Mai Hong Son 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nout Posted September 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said: Every time I read of a drug bust, it makes me happy that not all of the drugs are getting to their destination. Geezer Makes me sick with rage at the waste of police resources fighting against individual liberties to support Nixon insane, oppressive War on Drugs which is possibly the worst international law ever pursued. 5 kilos is nothing. And opium is benign compared to meth. In the old days part of doing a jungle trick was smoking opium in a village. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MisterTee Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 20 hours ago, Nout said: Makes me sick with rage at the waste of police resources fighting against individual liberties to support Nixon insane, oppressive War on Drugs which is possibly the worst international law ever pursued. 5 kilos is nothing. And opium is benign compared to meth. In the old days part of doing a jungle trick was smoking opium in a village. A "jungle trick" or did you mean a "jungle trek"? I always took my "tricks" with me on jungle treks. Seriously though, you're quite right, fun times in those days. Then along came the War on Drugs which changed the scene dramatically with speed, coke and designer drugs replacing opium and ganja. When I first came here in the late '70s, ganja was almost as easy to buy as beer. It was everywhere... in the cities, in the countryside, on the islands and in hilltribe villages. It was no big deal, just something that had been around since forever and used as medicine, for recreation and as a condiment in monkey-ball soup. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/22/2020 at 9:26 AM, Stargrazer9889 said: Every time I read of a drug bust, it makes me happy that not all of the drugs are getting to their destination. Geezer And I'm glad when the stash gets through. It should ALL be legal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 So people here think that opium is a harmless drug? Talk to some workers who see the opium, or at least heroin users who die from their overdoses. Mary jane or the ganga stuff, is softer, but enough of my friends and relatives who are dead from the other heavy shiite has made me hate heroin, and the other cocktails that have killed off lots of users. Fentinal and that kind of stuff is not something to fool around with. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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