550kg ice seized on Mekong River bank
published : 1 Apr 2021 at 18:05 Crystal methamphetamine seized on the bank of the Mekong River on Wednesday night, displayed during a police media conference in Sakon Nakhon province on Thursday. (Photo: Pratuan Khachornwutthinan)
NAKHON PHANOM: Two young Lao men have been arrested and 550 kilogrammes of crystal meth, or ice, worth about 275 million baht, seized in That Phanom district.
Phaeng Duangmalai, 21, and Noo Kaewmanee, 20, were detained on the bank of the Mekong River at Ban Natham in That Phanom district on Wednesday night as they were loading bags of drugs onto a pickup truck, police said.