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Big haul of speed pills and cannabis abandoned beside Mekong

Packages containing speed pills and dried cannabis buds seized from the bank of the Mekong River in Tha Uthen district of Nakhon Phanom are displayed at a media briefing in the northeastern province on Thursday. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)

NAKHON PHANOM: A navy patrol team has seized 1.4 million speed pills and 25 kilogrammmes of cannabis buds abandoned by fleeing smugglers on the bank of the Mekong River, with destinations of the drugs shown on the packages.

Marines from the Mekong Riverine Unit spotted a long-tailed boat moored on the river at Had Sai Phae village Moo 5 in tambon Nong Thao of Tha Uthen district late Wednesday night. Some men were seen carrying something from the boat to the shore.

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