APPENDIX E
RECENT SNO SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND
Name, place, and case number
Quantity
Date seized (kilos) Defendants
Raw opium:
Lamphun WB-72-0004...
June 9, 1972
Chiang Mai, 3 villages, WB-72-0005,
16,00 4 persons.
July 8, 1972
0006, 0007, and 0008.
Mae Sai:
WB-72-0009.
July 23, 1972
WB-72-0010..
Total (raw opium).
Morphine base: WB-72-0010.
July 24, 1972
295 1 police sergeant major and 4 suspects.
63 None identified.
2,190 6 defendants (bogus military clothing).
4, 148
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Smoking opium: WB-72-0010.
No. 4 heroin: WB-72-0010_.
212
Do.
•--do
353
Do.
--do
7
Do.
14,720
Total seizures (15 dependants)..
4,720 kilos opiates is the equivalent of 17,050 lbs. of raw opium (7,750 times 2.2)
In addition:
Vehicles:
1 Jeep
1 Landrover
1 Tank Truck with special compartment
Weapons:
11 M-1 US Carbines
9 US .30 calibre rifles
1 US M-79 grenade launcher
1 Chinese automatic hand gun
5 hand weapons, not further identified
1 US grenade
Ammunition:
For .30 calibre rifles, M-16 Rifles and the M-60 machinegun.
Lab equipment:
47 drums of chloroform and other chemicals and apparatus used in the making of morphine base and #4 heroin were seized as result of leads developed from the raid on the Tank Truck at Lamphun, June 9, 1972
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