CHIANG MAI: Police on Sunday raided two spots near the Thai-Myanmar border finding large quantities of unlicensed diet pills and food supplements, as well as illegal consumer products, in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province.
Police and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials jointly searched a building in tambon Mae Sai and found at least 50 sacks of illegally-produced diet pills and food supplements.
The products contained sibutramine, a substance which has been linked to increased risk of hearts attacks and strokes, according to Deputy national police chief Wirachai Songmetta.
The pills and food supplements were also impounded and the owner of the building and the renter were taken in for questioning by police.
Authorities also searched the office of a courier company in tambon Wiang Phang Kham where they seized household products, including mosquito repellent coils, which were manufactured without permission from the FDA.