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Drug ingredient stopped at Myanmar border

Drug ingredient stopped at Myanmar border

Thai authorities on Sunday intercepted 3,500 kilograms of sodium cyanide heading across the border to Myanmar.

The chemical compound, a substrate used in the production of narcotics, was hidden among shoes and toys in a pickup truck driven by a 25-year-old Myanmar man.
Tak Governor Charoenrit Sa-nguansat announced on Monday that Kyaw Phyo Aung was arrested and 70 50-kilogram containers of sodium cyanide were seized at the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border checkpoint on the Thai-Myanmar Friendship I Bridge.

Drug ingredient stopped at Myanmar border
The authorities were on the lookout for the shipment, having intercepted a slightly smaller load in Chiang Rai on March 26.
Mae Sot Customs chief Wallop Wutthapanich said officials became suspicious because the truck was obviously carrying a much heavier load than what was indicated on the driver’s declaration of goods.

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