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

[ChipButty]

4 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

oh the cynicism astounds me 

Stick around I have more

[dallen52]

Maybe it was ketamine. 

Disguised as cleaning agent.

And another billion baht goes in the tea money teapot..????

[pokerface1]

17 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

 

Meanwhile, thanks to these incompetents, the real shipment has been safely delivered, no doubt. 

Yep all part of the setup. Sent on the wild goose chase. While I the meantime the crooks are laughing all the way to the bank 

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

"This was a misunderstanding that our agency must accept," he told reporters. "This wasn't a mistake. It's new knowledge."

Priceless !!!!!

[Laughing Gravy]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

"This was a misunderstanding that our agency must accept," he told reporters. "This wasn't a mistake. It's new knowledge."

You have to hand it to Thai's and saving face.????

[Laughing Gravy]

46 minutes ago, Showtime said:

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

I imagine they will copy it very well like they do with almost everything else. Amazing at replicating and producing cheaper generic versions.

 

As for creativity, ingenuity and ground breaking science, there is a lot of new knowledge they still do not posses.

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, Jack Mountain said:

Was wondering already for a few days when somebody had the courage to tell the people ...

Or the balls to con them...

excuse the skeptic in me but Taiwan warned them of the shipment after finding 300 kgs themselves....

Just think of it if the government coffers are almost empty, they ar broke and need some cash flow for the future, then along comes a nice stash of ketamine.

Just saying... 

[fred110]

It probably is a Drug, now it can disappear then be sold.

[Jack Mountain]

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Or the balls to con them...

excuse the skeptic in me but Taiwan warned them of the shipment after finding 300 kgs themselves....

Just think of it if the government coffers are almost empty, they ar broke and need some cash flow for the future, then along comes a nice stash of ketamine.

Just saying... 

Maybe someone will ask for a public destruction of the lot ... 

[keithkarmann]

19 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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Thailand seizes nearly $1 billion worth of ketamine

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191934-thailand-seizes-nearly-1-billion-worth-of-ketamine/

 

Children?

[OnTheRun]

It could be worse, I worked in Trinidad just over a decade ago, the Trini cops made a real bust with a very large amount of cocaine. When the case came to trial the evidence had disappeared, the authorities claimed it had been eaten by rats. 

[digger70]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

This wasn't a mistake. It's new knowledge."

No mate it was a Big F... UP.

[Khun Paul]

Well set up a committee to look into why ? Simple ! Pure INCOMPETENCE .

[ThailandRyan]

11 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

Well set up a committee to look into why ? Simple ! Pure INCOMPETENCE .

They will need a committee to set up the committee after they have discussed the parameters that the actual committee can review, and then afterwards another committee to review the committee's work and ensure that another committee is not needed to deliver it to the set-up committee who will then submit it to the police....sound good? 

[HappyinNE]

Trisodium phosphate is a common ingredient in laundry detergent.

[Lancashireman]

Easy error to make when you’re awash with Yaba...

[Jonathan Swift]

19 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.

The vaccine is being manufactured by Astra Zeneca, and will be in the hands of the medical community rather than law enforcement. Perhaps you have forgotten the standards of excellence in the Thai medical profession. I have personally experienced those high standards and low cost. But feel free to refuse the vaccine, it's your funeral as they say.

[bander]

I guess the police informer is in big trouble after this drug bust.

[tingtong]

Perhaps it isn't too late to plant a little drug in some sacks...

 

Let's the face saving begin!!!! ????

[KKr]

19 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

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-11-24

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

 

 

Related story:

Thailand seizes nearly $1 billion worth of ketamine

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1191934-thailand-seizes-nearly-1-billion-worth-of-ketamine/

 

 

A miracle !!

[metisdead]

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[NCC1701A]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

the substance was found to be trisodium phosphate, a cleaning agent and food additive

this is the real takeaway from this story.

[The Theory]

They misaddressed you guys. The real one must be near by somewhere. 

[Ddbanksy]

20 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 

 

[chuang]

555 why no group photo...

[SupermarineS6B]

Ha ha ha ha........  Oooh please stop .......  Only in Thailand.......  Nearly as funny as when i tried to explain that i'd just come from the Bahamas to an immigration officer at Swampy,  his reply was.......... 

   

               "Where in England is that" ?         It's good to know that we're all covered by the hand of competence...

 

[Ddbanksy]

Part of the "new CV vaccine shipment" maybe?

[mikosan]

So what actually happened to the Ketamine?

 

[Hoppyone]

20 hours ago, Upnotover said:

As ever.

The normal turn around report regular occurrence in Thailand 

[jaiyen]

Thepsutin said " The mistake was caused by a mistake in the scientific process" Really !  I would say it was caused by one of many incompetent Thai officials and especially the one who did the drug test in the first place. Another embarrassment for Thailand in the eyes of the rest of the world.  The Hub of Idiots !  There is no hope for the Covid testing results. "Just say there is no Covid in Thailand. They will believe us !!"