The head Thailand's Narcotic Control Board drug suppression division, Chatichai Sithiklam (L), sits .., 1999-01-14...

The head Thailand's Narcotic Control Board drug suppression division, Chatichai Sithiklam (L), sits with an unidenitified official in front of a pile of heroin January 14 sourced back to Myanmar and seized in southern Thailand. Police said they had evidence that drug syndicates had begun to route large quantities of heroin from Southeast Asia's \"Golden Triangle\" on the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos through Thailand after a lull of three years. China and Vietnam had been the preferred routes to world markets but Chinese authorities had recently cracked down on the trade.