Thai Border Patrol Police Seize 400,000 Pills of Methamphetamine and 50 Kilograms of Ice Along Mekong River

Key summary

On October 24, 2026, a joint press conference was held by the 21st Ranger Regiment Special Task Force (Unit 2), Control Command (R.13) in Phon Phisai District, Nong Khai Province, along with relevant agencies, to announce the seizure of methamphetamine pills and ice. The operation was initiated after Lieutenant Colonel Pichitpol Kenda, commander of the 2107 Ranger Battalion, received intelligence on October 22 that drugs would be transported in the area near the Mekong River at Ban Mai Sae Thong, Moo 14, Kut Bong Subdistrict, Phon Phisai District. Security forces were deployed to monitor high-risk areas. At 20:10 hours, a long-tail boat with an engine was observed approaching the riverbank from the Lao side. A suspect threw a sack containing objects onto the shore before quickly driving the boat back to Laos. After monitoring for some time without further activity, officials inspected the seized items. The investigation revealed the sacks contained 66 packs of methamphetamine pills, each weighing approximately 6,000 pills, totaling around 396,000 pills, and ice packaged in plastic bags with a total weight of 50 kilograms. The evidence was handed over to the Phon Phisai Police Station for further legal action.