(6 Jul 2021) Customs officials in Thailand said Tuesday they have made their biggest seizure of heroin this year, almost 315 kilograms, worth as much as 943.89 million baht (approx. 30 million US dollars).
Officials said that 134 packets of the drug, each weighing 2.4 kilograms had been concealed in a shipment of 270 buckets of acrylic paint that were to be shipped to Australia before they were discovered during an inspection on Monday.
The smuggling plot was foiled because the plastic wrapped blocks of heroin were put inside Tupperware-type containers whose square shapes stood out on x-rays of the paint buckets.
Officials did not say from where the heroin, which was wrapped in plastic bearing a "Double UO Globe" logo, originated.
Double UO Globe is a near legendary brand of heroin that comes from the Golden Triangle area of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.
Authorities said they have arrested one suspect who has links to previous smuggling cases to Australia and Taiwan.
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