Seven truckloads of smuggled rice seized in TakOfficials inspect the seven trailer trucks loaded with rice in Mae Sot district, Tak, in the early hours of Friday. The grain was was believed smuggled from Myanmar. (Photo by Assawin Pinitwong)TAK: More than 300,000 kilogrammes of rice believed smuggled from Myanmar for labeling as Thai rice have been seized from seven trailer trucks in Mae Sot district. The trucks were found to be carrying milled rice similar to hom mali, or jasmine rice, from Surin province. The entire cargo had been seized for further examination and the drivers handed over Mae Sot police, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2019 07:30 UTC