No narcotics in Thailand's ‘biggest ever drug haul’ – only cleaning agent

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Somsak Thepsuthin said tests which turned purple in the presence of ketamine hydrochloride reacted the same to trisodium phosphate

 

It started smoking on water .? sorry if that's a bit deep .. 

 

[Stocky]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The mistake was caused by an error in the scientific process, he added.

No, there was no error in the scientific process, the error lay in the human interpretation.

[rabas]

3 hours ago, DLock said:

...and you trust these clowns with a vaccine?

 

I trust them more than anyone, anywhere, in any country to make bags of ketamine disappear in a cloud of confusion without a trace forever.  Every time.

 

The Saudi tried for 20 years and failed to find any trace of their stolen crown jewels.

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by rabas

[Jack Mountain]

28 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

 

Agreed however when the same posters post the same thing over and over again you have to wonder about them

 

As soon as a new topic is posted it's the same posters making the same comments on every posts - it's like they sit there waiting for a new story just so they can post on it - for some reason they think their comments  are funny however they are just boringly dull

That's why they invented the 'block' function. ????  (I say this only once ...)

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, faraday said:

Colin, is a veritable Adonis. ????

With arms like Popeye from wheeling around and taking no prisoners.

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 hours ago, DLock said:

...and you trust these clowns with a vaccine?

 

But I bet a few company executives are feeling a little better tonight.

I don't trust them to anything properly, and that is a result of personal and business experience over 30 years here. 

 

They are great for a laugh though, but attempting to take this place and the people seriously will drive you to an early grave.

[ThaiFelix]

My first thoughts when I read about this bust was how long before it all mysteriously disappeared.  Now Im wondering was I right and its been switched.  If it was drugs initially, it was a very, very big deal needing very, very big people and the very very big people in Thailand are.............................?

Edited November 24, 2020 by ThaiFelix

[PFMills]

Is it possible that this could be a smoke and mirrors job. Big Boss very unhappy that his 'chemicals' had been discovered. So insisted that they be re-described as a cleaning agent. Bit of a face loss for some but probably well rewarded ????  

[RichardColeman]

9 hours ago, DLock said:

...and you trust these clowns with a vaccine?

 

Kind of makes being stuck in the UK better knowing we will get a proper jab rather than what 'might be a jab or a cleaning agent !'

[Reigntax]

5 hours ago, darrendsd said:

 

Until I read them I don't know if they are boring or not do I? I would have thought that was obvious

 

You think posting the same boring predictable comments over and over again on different posts is enjoying your life?

Easy fix.. Write to Prayut and his appointed goons asking for them to stop making fools of themselves.

 

Then we will all have more time and less laughs.

[Colabamumbai]

Disappointed 

[mikebell]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Some 66 of 475 bags had been tested

So there is still hope that this publicity hungry buffoon may yet cling on to his job?

[pacovl46]

14 hours ago, DLock said:

...and you trust these clowns with a vaccine?

 

But I bet a few company executives are feeling a little better tonight.

So stupid! Like the people that ordered and pulled off this raid have anything to do with the people that develop the covid vaccine! 
 

 

[faraday]

9 hours ago, darrendsd said:

You think posting the same boring predictable comments over and over again on different posts is enjoying your life?

I like to vary my comments, brightens my day & keeps trolls at bay.

 

Sounds almost poetic, na darren, na?

 

????

[briansbiology]

"The mistake was caused by an error in the scientific process, he added"

Nope it was caused by a lack of adherence to the scientific process. 

[Falcon]

Good pay day for someone anyway.

[wombat]

Bait and switch 

[Dart12]

Oh, it was probably real.  You can't resell evidence though.  So what happens?  Evidence never existed.

Also, didn't they just pass law that gov can sell these drugs legally?

Funny, inventory is now full.

Now...on to making some $$ with the  now legal goods haha

Edited November 25, 2020 by Dart12

[Homburg]

Looks like someone did not (or could not) read the instructions that came with the testing kit.

[cyril sneer]

was a confusing story from the start. why would they deliver it in powder form and not liquid?

[DLock]

2 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

So stupid! Like the people that ordered and pulled off this raid have anything to do with the people that develop the covid vaccine! 
 

 

 

They both Thai.

 

Try harder kid.

[chainarong]

Sounds like a clean case of cleanliness ????

[PEE TEE]

I can believe it i got busted for a little bag of white crystals i told them it was menthol but they didn't believe me until they opened it . out come  was ohhh no problem its menthol 

[herfiehandbag]

16 hours ago, soalbundy said:

There goes the promotion.

Or just perhaps, the proceeds from the sale of the real Ketamine, less the price for the replacement chemicals, will be put towards several promotions!

[Johnnybangkok71]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

No narcotics in Thailand's ‘biggest ever drug haul’ – only cleaning agent

By The Nation

 

File photo

 

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has admitted that the chemical seized in what was initially billed as the biggest drugs haul in Thailand’s history is not ketamine, but a harmless cleaning agent.

 

Somsak explained on Tuesday that when the first test was carried out on 11.5 tonnes of the white powder, it turned the reagent purple – a match for ketamine. But after testing again, the substance was found to be trisodium phosphate, a cleaning agent and food additive which also turns the testing reagent purple.

 

The mistake was caused by an error in the scientific process, he added.

 

The seizure made worldwide headlines on November 12 when officials including Somsak announced they had made the largest drugs bust in Thai history. The chemical was found inside 475 sacks piled in a warehouse in Chachoengsao and was said to be worth Bt28.7 billion.

 

The raid on the warehouse in the eastern province followed a tip-off from officials in Taiwan, who told the Narcotics Control Board they had seized 300 kilos of ketamine, but more was on its way to Thailand. The Thai shipment was seized and tested, with the results checked by scientists from the Justice Ministry and the Forensic Department before the “haul” was announced to the press.

 

However, subsequent tests on 59 of the sacks showed no ketamine was present. The Justice Ministry said the remaining 406 sacks will now be examined by the NBC, Forensic Science police, and Department of Medical Sciences, with test results due this week.

 

On Monday, lawyer and transparency activist Atchariya Ruengrattanapong accused Somsak of negligence over the 11.5-tonne seizure and asked the anti-corruption agency to look into the case.

 

Somsak insisted that he had not bullied anyone, adding that he had set up a working group to investigate what had gone wrong.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398505

 

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Wow, what can you say (that's not defaming 555).

 

[ChrisKC]

Anyone here prepared to accept this was an honest mistake?

 

And how about some credit being due for admitting it?

[ChipButty]

7 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

Anyone here prepared to accept this was an honest mistake?

 

 

Not really been here to long

[RJRS1301]

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

Not really been here to long

oh the cynicism astounds me 

[Showtime]

And this is the same country that wants to develop its own COVID vaccine.

[ChipButty]

All joking apart this could have turned into a massacre given the way Thai's like going in there heavy handed tactic's fully armed