Bags containing millions of speed pills were seized after a clash between a Pha Muang military task force patrol and armed drug smugglers near the Myanmar border in Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district. (Supplied photo)A recount has greatly increased the number of methamphetamine pills seized from five drug couriers killed during a Chiang Rai border clash on Sunday to nearly 3 million. The methamphetamine was contained in 19 bags, and the initial count was given as 1.9 million pills. A recount just before the seized drugs were handed over to police in Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district put the total at 2.9 million. The military believes the drug factory is in Myanmar's Ban Pha Khao, which is opposite Mae Fa Luang district.

Source: Bangkok Post December 11, 2017 06:11 UTC