The police have confiscated more than 25 million baht worth of assets belonging to Naw Kham, a former drug lord who has been sentenced to death in China.
Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew, the national police chief, on Tuesday launched multiple drug raids involving more than 1,600 officers at 107 locations across the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.
Over 500,000 speed pills, meth ingredients, heroine and opium were seized in the process. A 74-rai opium plantation was also destroyed with more than 7 million baht confiscated from 170 drug suspects.
The police chief said that the region is known to be a major narcotics hub, adding there needed to be adjustments to the drug eradicating effort.
Police also seized assets of a cartel once headed by Naw Kham, a drug and murder convict, included a house in San Sai district, cars, gold and cash with an estimated value of 25 million baht.
In Mae Taeng district, anti-narcotics agents also busted a Laotian Hmong drug ring and arrested Chatchawan Atsawacharonekul, 23, along with half a million meth pills and 7.3 million baht in cash. The suspect was hired to transport the drug shipment to dealers in Chiang Mai.