Narcotics burned in Thailand in antidrug show

Narcotics burned in Thailand in antidrug show

BANGKOK, Thailand - Bags of drugs are piled up in Bang Pa In, Ayutthaya Province, some 60 kilometers north of Bangkok, to be destroyed by fire June 28 to commemorate the 24th World Anti-Narcotics Day. Thai authorities said a total of 1.5 tons of illicit drugs, including 13 million amphetamine tablets, 250 kilograms of heroin, 107 kg of opium and 4.6 kg of Ecstasy, were destroyed.

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