Soldiers display seized speed pills during a media briefing in Chiang Rai on Saturday. (Photo by Chinnapat Chaimol)CHIANG RAI: Authorities say a new drug production gang may be emerging along the country’s northern border, following the seizure of 1.7 million methamphetamine pills. The packages containing the ya ba pills bore an eagle logo, which law enforcement officials have not seen before, according to Col Chatree Sa-nguantham of the Pha Muang task force. Three young men were arrested in an operation carried out by soldiers from the task force in Muang district of Chiang Rai on Friday night. Ample supplies have worsened the regional methamphetamine epidemic, as it now costs as little as 40 baht to buy a ya ba pill in Bangkok.

Source: Bangkok Post January 25, 2020 07:59 UTC