Laos makes second-biggest meth seizure, uncovering 36 million methamphetamine pills

Reporters view packages of methamphetamines on a table during a press conference at Narcotics Suppression Bureau Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 15, 2019. Police in the South-East Asian nation of Laos have made their second huge seizure in three months of methamphetamine, a development that a U.N. expert on the illicit drug trade said Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, reflects a breakdown of security in the region. - AP

VIENTIANE, Jan 29 (AFP): Laos police have made their second-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs, uncovering 36 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said Saturday.

The raid in the northern province of Bokeo came three months after officers netted Asia's biggest ever haul in the same area with 55 million meth pills found in a beer truck.