BANGKOK, May 12, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Thai authorities 
intercepted a tonne of crystal methamphetamine in one of the 
kingdom's biggest ever single seizures of the illegal drug, police 
said Sunday.

The haul, with an estimated value of more than $25 million on the 
international market, was found when officers stopped a pickup 
truck in central Nakhon Nayok province on Friday.
Acting National Police Chief Kittharath Punpetch said police, 
military and local officials had been monitoring several smuggling 
gangs and learned of a plan to move a large amount of the drug, 
commonly known by the street name "ice".
Kittharath told a news conference that 40 bags of the drug, 
weighing a tonne in total, were found in the truck.
Its driver was arrested but investigators believe the head of the 
smuggling network is a Thai national based in a neighbouring 
country.
The kingdom is a major transit route for illicit drugs produced in 
the so-called "Golden Triangle" region where northern Thailand, 
Laos and Myanmar meet.
Myanmar is a major source of amphetamine, much of it produced 
in illegal labs in border areas controlled by ethnic minority armed 
groups.