BANGKOK - Thai police announced Friday a huge seizure of more than five million illegal methamphetamine pills -- worth about $30 million -- believed to have been smuggled from Myanmar.

The drugs bust is one of the kingdom's largest in years and reflects soaring production of amphetamine-type stimulants in Myanmar, which is emerging from decades of military rule.

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