File photo: Crystal meth and speed pills are put on display during a press conference at the Government Complex on Chaeng Watthana Road in Bangkok on May 3, 2018. (Bangkok Post photo)NILAI, Malaysia: Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers. Crystal methamphetamine is a form of methamphetamine, a highly addictive synthetic drug also known as speed, shabu and yaba. Customs officials displayed the shipment, packed in golden yellow tea packets, at its narcotics operations headquarters in Nilai, near Kuala Lumpur. Methamphetamine represents the greatest global health threat, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) said in a 2017 World Drug report said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 28, 2018 06:22 UTC