Police from Taiwan, South Korea, and Thailand collaborated to dismantle a cross-border drug smuggling operation, seizing nearly 20 kilograms of methamphetamine. Authorities say a criminal group from Taiwan allegedly purchased the drugs in Laos, transported them through Thailand, and smuggled them into South Korea for sale.
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00:00Police from Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand teamed up to bust a cross-border drug smuggling
00:06case seizing nearly 20 kilograms of meth.
00:09Police say a criminal group from Taiwan allegedly bought the drugs in Laos, moved them through
00:14Thailand and then smuggled them into South Korea to sell.
00:17They say the group chose South Korea because its black market prices are 10 times higher
00:21than in Taiwan.
00:22There, the drugs could have fetched more than 12 million U.S. dollars.