Mae Sai Police Seize 376 kg Ice in Border Drug Bust
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Chiang Rai — Mae Sai police intercepted a drug trafficking gang of five suspicious men who fled, abandoning 11 sacks containing 376.8 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (ice) in a banana grove near a rice field in Wiang Phang Kham subdistrict. Authorities are now expanding the investigation.
November 1, 2026 — Pol. Maj. Gen. Songkrich Onthakrai, Chiang Rai Provincial Police Commander, together with Pol. Col. Jirapasak Saksoong, Mae Sai Police Station Superintendent, and Mae Sai police officers, seized 11 sacks of Category 1 narcotics (ice), totaling 350 packages with a combined weight of 376.8 kilograms including packaging.
During this operation, officers had intelligence that a large quantity of narcotics would be transported from the border area to a staging point in Wiang Phang Kham subdistrict, Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai, before being distributed further inland. A group of approximately five suspicious men with suspicious sacks were expected to use this area. Officers conducted surveillance and inspection.
Upon inspection, three men were found standing in the rice field and two others on a motorcycle. When officers stopped their vehicle to conduct a search, the men on the motorcycle fled, while the group standing in the field used their familiarity with the terrain to escape as well. Officers recorded the motorcycle's license plate and are pursuing legal action.
Before searching the area, officers discovered 11 suspicious sacks containing a total of 350 packages of ice weighing approximately 376.8 kilograms. Officers prepared seizure records with the evidence and forwarded them to Mae Sai police investigators for legal proceedings, while urgently tracking down the individuals involved to expand the investigation.
