Thai drug sting sheds light on cross-border networks

Traffickers believed linked to insurgents in southern Thailand planned to move a massive drug shipment during the Songkran holiday, police say.

By Bas Pattani and Bangnara for Khabar Southeast Asia in Hat Yai

April 20, 2012

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