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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
1.3 tonnes of ganja seized in Nakhon Phanom Driver abandons van carrying drugs smuggled from Laos and flees after chase NAKHON PHANOM: Border patrol police seized 1,320 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana from a van abandoned by a smuggler following a chase in Tha Uthen district in the early hours of Saturday. A team of officers manning a road checkpoint at Ban Na Nua village in tambon Tha Uthen signalled a van with Bangkok licence plates to stop for a search, but the driver sped off, prompting police to give chase. Officers fired shots at the tyres of the van, bringing the vehicle to a halt. …