Junta Officer Exports Horsepills

Junta Officer Exports Horsepills

A company commander in eastern Shan State was reported to have been involved in the exportation of amphetamines into Thailand, according to S.H.A.N.'s source from the border. 

On Saturday 4 March, Captain Kyaw Sein, Company Commander, IB 65 (Mongton) took 40 men in 3 offroaders to BP-2, opposite Fang District of Chiangmai. (BP-1 is oppositeChiangdao District, also of Chiangmai.) 

At Loi-oon, a small hillock 2 miles north of BP-2, he met Jala, a Muser tribesman from Nawngphai, Tambon Mawngpin, Fang District, where he delivered 500,000 "horsepills" at 12 baht apiece.. 

According to the source, Jala had already given B. 1,500,000 to Ltc. Myint Sway, Commander of IB 65, in advance. Jala was instructed to pay the rest to Jakaw of Nawngpayen after completion of sale. 

"As it was the day the Thais went to the polls for their senatorial elections, few knew what was taking place at the border," said the source, a border-runner.

Prices vary inside, S.H.A.N. was told. The following is the list S.H.A.N. received from him.