BANGKOK, Sept 1 – A Malaysian man and two suspected drug gang members were detained with 45 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice,” in their possession in the southern province of Songkhla, Thai police said Thursday.

Mhages Paran Pathu together with two drug gang members and two unidentified Thai women were arrested in Songkhla’s Sadao district with 45 bars of crystal meth valued at an estimated Bt130 million ($4.33 million) hidden in their baggage, Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree told a Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) press briefing.

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