Thai police are searching for the financier behind a suspected network producing counterfeit cough and allergy medicines after raids at two sites in Samut Sakhon.
Authorities said the operation may have caused losses exceeding THB100 million and is believed to have distributed fake medicines across Thailand for between one and two years.
Pol Maj Gen Pallop Aeromla, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, and Supattra Boonserm, secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration, announced the results of the joint operation alongside other officials.
Police searched both locations in Na Khok subdistrict, Mueang Samut Sakhon district, at 2pm on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
Workers found filling medicine bottles
The first site was a large factory consisting of a single-storey production building surrounded by rice fields.
Officers found nine workers filling bottles with medicine. They seized production machinery, more than 100 blue drums containing medicine, as well as substantial quantities of counterfeit bottle caps and product labels.
Investigators believe the sites were part of a wider operation supplying counterfeit cough and allergy remedies nationwide. Police are now seeking the person believed to have financed the network.
Warehouse held ingredients for 100,000 bottles
A second location, around 16 kilometres away, was a black single-storey warehouse with no street number, also located among rice fields.
Police said it was used to prepare and mix ingredients. Inside, officers found about 10 boiling pots, syrup and more than 200 drums of materials awaiting mixing.
Authorities estimated the seized materials could be used to fill approximately 100,000 bottles of medicine.
The raids were carried out jointly by police and the FDA as the investigation continues into the suspected nationwide distribution network.
Picture courtesy of The Nation
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