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BIZARRE: 8 6m meth pills seized at northern checkpoints | Mind Blowing Facts

The 8.6 million meth pills seized at three police checkpoints on Jan 14-15 in Phrae, Chiang Rai and Lampang provinces, on display at a press conference at the Provincial Police Region 5 headquarters in Chiang Mai on Wednesday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)

CHIANG MAI: A total of 8.6 methamphetamine pills were seized by police at checkpoints in three northern provinces, Provincial Police Region 5 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Piya Tawichai said on Wednesday.

On Jan 14, about 6.30pm, police from Huai Rai in Denchai district of Phrae province manning an x-ray checkpoint examined an Isuzu pickup at the owner's request and found 12 foam boxes containing about 2.3 million meth pills hidden under boxes of vegetables, he told reporters.

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