The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) brushed aside concerns about the dangers posed by a new form of methamphetamine, after the police confiscated "sheets" of the drug weighing 6.7 kilogrammes in Chiang Mai earlier in the week.
ONCB secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk said the seized drug was in fact large amounts of methamphetamine pills, crushed into powder and flattened into sheets to evade detection during delivery and distribution.
Mr Niyon insisted that contrary to several media reports, there was "nothing new" about the drug, which was seized during a raid in Mae Sai district on Aug 19.
