Thai police on October 24 found 100 kg of crystal methamphetamine being smuggled to Malaysia in a concealed compartment in the roof of a tour van near the border in Songkhla province.

The Philippines police have seized 1.8 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine, President Ferdinand Marcos said on April 16, describing the bust as a record drug seizure in the Southeast Asian country.

Indonesian police have confiscated 149 kg of crystal methamphetamine smuggled through the waters north of Sumatra Island and arrested six suspects.

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh said on January 26 that they had detained a man travelling with 9kg of drugs and many related objects.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on December 17 sentenced two Taiwanese men to death for illegally trafficking up to 606kg of drugs.

Competent forces in Oudomxay province, northern Laos, recently uncovered a drug production base in Xay district, arresting eight people and seizing over 1,000kg of amphetamine and crystal methamphetamine found in various locations.

Indonesia's Aceh provincial police have arrested six persons suspected of smuggling 61 kg of crystal methamphetamine by sea, a police officer said on January 6.

Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau announced on August 2 that authorities have arrested 1,374 suspects and seized drugs worth about 535 million baht (17.1 million USD) in a crackdown in the northern region from April to June.

A special task force of the Indonesian National Police's Crime Investigation Department (Bareskrim) on May 23 confiscated 821 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in Serang city, Banten province.

Indonesian police destroyed an illegal drug ring and seized 288kg of crystal methamphetamine in the capital city of Jakarta on January 30.

Thai police on March 21 announced they have captured drugs worth about 800 million THB (25 million USD) in their recent three busts against the crime.

Nine kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 2,000 meth pills were seized after three drug traffickers were arrested in Huong Son district of the central province of Ha Tinh on February 15 evening.

Malaysian authorities said on May 28 that they have seized a record 1.2 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine that was hidden in tea packets and shipped from Myanmar.

Police in Cao Phong district in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on March 19 arrested a man transporting drugs from Laos to Vietnam.

Indonesian authorities on July 13 said the country’s police, in cooperation with Taiwanese-Chinese police, have seized one tonne of crystal methamphetamine attempted to be smuggled to the country from China.

Ho Chi Minh City police recently busted two illegal drug rings, arresting 15 suspects and seizing 520,000 MDMA pills and 120 kg of powder drug equal to one million crystal methamphetamine pills worth more than 200 billion VND (8.8 million USD).

The Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested two members of a drug trading racket while seizing 4.2 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, 292 ecstasy pills, two guns and 1 billion VND (44,000 USD).