Lao National Arrested in Major Drug Trafficking Crackdown in Central Thailand

2026-01-28 - 04:33

Thai authorities have arrested a Lao national and four Thai suspects in a major drug trafficking operation, seizing more than 2.5 million methamphetamine pills in central Thailand as part of a coordinated crackdown on cross-border narcotics networks. Khok Charoen Police Station in Lopburi Province announced the arrests on 26 January. The Lao suspect was identified