BANGKOK: Following three days of surveillance, Thai police have detained a Malaysian and seized 65kg of heroin bound for Penang. The heroin was found inside a car the Malaysian man and his Thai accomplice were travelling in, at the Nakhon Si Thammarat province today. He said the Malaysian man who was from Penang had a Thai wife who lived in the Satun province. The duo had picked up the drugs from Ayutthaya in central Thailand, said Prawit. He said the seized heroin carried the popular ‘Double UO Globe’ logo, which is associated with notorious drug syndicates in Laos.-- BERNAMA

Source: New Strait Times March 22, 2017 15:00 UTC