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The amount of cannabis posted to the UK from Thailand has dropped by 90% in three months thanks to cooperation with Thai Customs, the Home Office has said.
When Thailand decriminalised cannabis in 2022, a surge of illegal shipments threatened to overwhelm UK Border Force – which uncovered 15 tonnes of the drug in the post in the final quarter of last year.
But a new deal requiring parcels from Thailand to be checked before they are shipped meant just three months later the figure had dropped to 1.5 tonnes.
Border Minister Seema Malhotra hailed the deal as a "prime example" of international cooperation helping Labour's mission for "safer streets".
