This came just minutes before the vehicle could cross the border into Kelantan today.

According to Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) chief Lt Gen Sommai Kongvisaisuk, two local men from the Pattani province, who were inside the vehicle, were nabbed in the 5pm police operation.

“We managed to stop the lorry laden with the drugs at Narathiwat’s immigration and customs checkpoint just before it could cross into Malaysia.

“Upon inspection, the (enforcement) officers found 800 heroin bars weighing 280kg concealed inside the lorry,” he told Bernama here today.

Sommai noted that the success behind the major drug seizure was also due to close cooperation between the Thai anti-narcotics police and their Malaysian counterparts stationed along the border.

However, he did not explain the Malaysian police role in the drug seizure.