Police seize 66,000 amphetamine pills in Laos

A Vietnamese couple have been arrested in relation to a 66,000-pill amphetamine haul in southern Laos, local media reported Thursday.

Police in the province of Attapeu located the illegal drugs during a raid of a coffee shop in Xekong village, Samakhixay district last week, state-run media Vientiane Times reported.

Two small bags of crystal methamphetamine and related paraphernalia was also located at the premises.

Equipment including nine telephones and a motor vehicle were also seized in the raid.

Prefectural Police Lieutenant Colonel Bandith Sivilay said strengthening efforts to enforce laws against illicit drug trafficking in the province which borders both Vietnam and Cambodia was a priority. Enditem