 Thailand has accused insurgents in Myanmar of increasing their production of illegal drugs to traffic into Thailand to fund their fight against the military government. A Thai army official said the rebels needed the money to buy weapons. Here's Jae Sung Lee. Colonel Michai Nilasart of the Phamwang Force, which is in charge of guarding parts of Thailand's border with Myanmar, said since October they had seized around 150 million methamphetamine pills.