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ONCB intercepts 300m meth pills in three-month operation with neighbours

By The Nation

 

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The Office of Narcotics Control Board on Tuesday announced that it had managed to prevent some 300 million methamphetamine pills from flowing into the country during its operations in the final quarter of last year.

 

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ONCB secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk told a press conference that the agency had also cooperated with officials from Myanmar, Laos and China to block the flow of 2 million tonnes of precursor chemicals from being smuggled to the Golden Triangle areas for making the drug during the three-month operation from October 1 to December 31.

 

Niyom said the ONCB and officials from the three countries had formed operational teams of more than1,000 officials combined to stop the flow of drug precursor chemicals to the Golden Triangle, straddling Thailand, Laos and Myanmar.

 

The precursor chemicals could have been used to produce 30 million meth pills, he added.

 

Moreover, ONCB officials had managed to block the smuggling of around 300 million meth pills into the country via the northern border with help from the three countries during the same period.

 

Niyom said the ONCB had also collaborated with other agencies to suppress drug trafficking in the Kingdom during the three-month period, and managed to seize 200 million meth pills and freeze assets worth Bt243 million from traffickers.

 

During the period, the ONCB led officials to search 84,000 villages and arrested 90,000 suspects in some 80,000 cases, he said, adding that 30,000 drug abusers had been sent to receive mandatory rehabilitation.

 

The secretary-general said meth pills remained the most troublesome drug for Thailand, followed by “ice”, or crystal meth, although most of the ice was smuggled in for re-exporting.

 

The ONCB is also monitoring against ketamine, which has been widely used at Thai entertainment venues.

 

In addition, the agency is drafting a new drug bill to re-address the issue of marijuana and kratom leaves (Mitragynine). Niyom said the new drug law would be the “most advanced” among Asean nations, but he declined to elaborate on its contents. 

 

Academics have called on the authorities to decriminalise the use of marijuana and kratom, arguing that the plants offer more medical benefits than harmful side-effects.

 

In the meantime, ONBC officers joined with the police and army to raid 20 locations in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phlee and Bang Sao Thong districts believed to be linked to a drug-dealing gang led by fugitive Panya “Dong Bangchalong” Kleunsungnoen, 30. 

Officers arrested eight alleged gang members, some of whom were wanted for drug-dealing charges, but Panya remains at large, said national police deputy commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan. Police also took in Panya’s mother for questioning about the money in her bank account, over suspicions that it might have come from the son’s illicit drug trade. 

The gang took orders online and delivered the goods to retailers via a jet-ski on a canal.

 

In related news, a Thai man was arrested on Monday night in Chiang Rai with four million methamphetamine pills he is alleged to have smuggled from a border spot.

 

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Acting on a tip-off at 9.20pm, Chiang Rai-based narcotics suppression police spotted a pick-up truck parked at a shophouse on Phaholyothin road in Moo 4 village, Wiang Pha Kham tambon, Mae Sai district.

 

Police found Mae Saruay district resident Surachai Bese, 27, hanging around near the pickup. Police asked Surachai to lift the tarpaulin in the truck bed and under it they found 25 bags containing the drugs. 

 

Surachai was taken to the Chiang Rai narcotics suppression office for questioning. Police are seeking to identify the drug boss who hired him to smuggle the meth through the border.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30363171

 

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2 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

To state he obvious, these are being produced on an industrial scale. 

Have a look at some satellite photos locate the factories, enter the coords and launch the missiles.

...and finally touch the untouchables who own the factories!

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