BANGKOK, Sept 16 – More than 800 kg of illicit drugs, seized in over 130,000 cases, will be burnt at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate in Ayutthaya on Saturday, according to Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Secretary-General Dr Pipat Yingseri.

The authorities staging this 40th ceremonial incineration of illegal substances gathered drugs seized in relation to 133,221 police cases valued at Bt2.45 billion.

With a total weight of 821 kg, over 75 per cent – some 634 kg – were methamphetamines worth Bt2.1 billion. The rest included 124 kg of heroin (Bt311 million), 4.6 kg of marijuana (Bt23,000) and 41 kg of opium (Bt1 million).

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra will preside at the incineration on Saturday.

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