NAKHON PHANOM, July 1 – Thai authorities seized 165 kilogrammes of marijuana, with a street value of five million baht, as it was being smuggled across the Mekong River in this northeastern border province.

Nakhon Phanom’s Thatphanom district chief Korakot Thamrongwongsawat said Nakhon Phanom naval unit on patrol duty along the Mekong River found a group of four to five suspects hurriedly transporting unidentified goods in a long-tailed boat on the river.

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