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		&nbsp;Their plan is to stamp out narcotics smuggling ahead of the Asean Economic Community implementation this year.</div>
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	Narcotics Suppression Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Rewat Klinkesorn announced the project yesterday during a press conference held over a recent drug arrest.</div>
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	Chiang Mai native Jaras Pitiprakan, 33, was arrested while drivingon Lampang-Phayao Road to allegedly transport 800,000 yaba pills and 20 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from the North to Ayutthaya province.&nbsp;</div>
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Police boost anti-drug measures

Police have announced they are installing X-ray scanners to detect illicit drugs and illegal items in the North and will introduce them to the East soon.