Drug Trafficking Becomes More Advanced in Thai Trade

The illicit-drug market has been growing! Statistics show an increasing number of people are arrested on drug charges and each haul of drugs comes with dozens of thousand illicit pills, if not millions of them. Indeed, the death penalty attached to such offences does not seem to effectively scare drug traffickers now.
Most illicit drugs are smuggled into Thailand via the country's northern borderline. Their huge number reflects that the manufacturing line in a neighboring country is still very active. Currently, drug traffickers have improved their strategies be it about manufacturing technology, transportation or trading tactics.
As the number of transportation routes between Burma and Thailand's border provinces like Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai has increased, soldiers, border-patrol police and local police are unable to monitor all the routes all the time. This is a main reason why a large amount of illicit drugs can be smuggled from Burma into Thailand.
Sources say the drug traffickers have also got the help of local villagers, who have usually alerted them about the authorities' movements.
As soon as the illicit drug goes past the borderline, the drug traffickers can call various tipsters to check which route is best for them to evade the eyes of authorities. Therefore, these drug traffickers have a very good chance of delivering their illicit drugs to inner zones.

Expanding Trade
As technology has become increasingly advanced, the drug traffickers really have a greater chance of expanding their trade. Sources in Europe and Northern America say some big trafficking gangs have relied on satellite technology to accurately monitor the movements of officials and thus they can effectively design their transportation routes.
Apart from intelligence gathering and investigations based on arrested suspects, US authorities have thus needed to use a lot of brainpower in their bid to track down witty international drug-trafficking networks.
In Thailand, drug traffickers have turned to technology and clever as well.
Recently, the Phamueang Force has arrested drug suspects and found 5.4 kg of ice (crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride) in their possession. Leading this group of suspects is a former ranger.
A test, however, later showed that the impounded items are fake ice. There is no narcotic substance in the items at all and therefore, the suspect cannot be charged.

Ploy to Detract Authorities' Attention
Narcotics authorities say the fake items are almost identical to the real ice because in addition to the physical appearances, their humidity level is also the same.
The suspects in this case were seen smiling at the press conference about their arrest. If this is not a betrayal, it might have been a ploy to detract authorities' attention from the real ice for sure.
The drug traffickers are cool to use such a ploy. But next time, the authorities may need to take a tougher stance like claiming a life or two to teach the other side a lesson!