Secretary-general of the narcotics control board Wichai Chaimongkol said Seaport Interdiction Task Force officers found 210 packages of Chinese tea bags hidden in 19 sofas headed for Malaysia on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, he said the task force carried out a joint operation and detained a 26-year-old local Thai woman following the seizure.

“The drugs were packed in 210 Chinese tea bags, and hidden in nine small wooden crates and one large wooden crate that contained sofas,” he said at a press conference here today.

He said the suspect was supposed to deliver the drugs to a private logistic company which would then transport it to Malaysia.

Local media reported that the suspect claimed she was paid 35,000 baht (RM4,400) to deliver the sofas.

Meanwhile, Wichai said authorities seized various drugs in 68 drug cases since January this year.

He said the drugs included 204.14kg of crystal meth, 21.6kg of heroin, 10.02kg of marijuana, 515kg of ketamine, 730gm of cocaine, 990 ecstasy pills and 6,040 meth pills.