This pick-up truck and packages of drugs were seized in Bokeo province last week.

Bokeo police net huge drug haul

Police in Bokeo province have impounded a pick-up truck and the 4.4 million amphetamine pills it contained after it was abandoned in the provincial capital.
The Police Department for Suppressing and Anti-Narcotics under the Bokeo province Police Command reported that on the evening of January 30, guards on duty in Phibounthong village, Huayxai district, encountered three men loitering outside a house.
As soon as the guards appeared, the men ran off, but the guards searched the area and found a pick-up truck parked at the house with a stash of drugs inside.
Police from the Phibounthong village group were summoned, who found 4.4 million amphetamine pills which they impounded along with the pick-up truck.
The officers are now conducting enquiries into the incident, hoping to trace the source of the drugs and track down the suspects.
Meanwhile, police in Borikhamxay province recently raided a house where drugs were being manufactured and seized a large stash of drugs and equipment after a roadside vehicle check revealed 194,000 amphetamine tablets and 15 kilograms of crystal meth.
Police detained two people travelling in the vehicle and searched a nearby house, where they found two drug production machines, 30kg of crystal meth, 164kg of powder used to make amphetamine, 19kg of kratom leaves, and a range of equipment used in the production of drugs.
Following the raid, police detained six more people. The eight suspects, who are all Thai nationals, are now in police custody, along with a local Lao resident.
In another raid, police seized a pick-up truck, a drug production machine, a shotgun and bullets, over 70kg of powder used in the production of drugs, and other items.
The production, processing, trade, distributing, transport, possession, import and export of amphetamine, crystal meth or any other psychoactive substance is a violation of Lao law.
Authorities are now carrying out in-depth investigations to gather information and evidence in these cases, which will be forwarded to the courts.
Last year, Ministry of Public Security officials processed 3,395 drug-related cases.
The ministry’s efforts to combat drug addiction and trafficking nationwide have led to the arrest of 5,168 individuals, including 199 foreigners.
Authorities have seized almost 381kg of heroin, over 81 million amphetamine pills, over 4,800kg of crystal meth, 84.86kg of opium, almost 3,600kg of cannabis, and over 10,000kg of powdered drug mixtures and drug-related items.

By Times Reporters
 (Latest Update February 5, 2025)