Police Urged to Compromise with Home Cannabis Growers

[webfact]

 

KHON KAEN, (TNA) – The commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 4 ordered subordinates to make considered judgement on law enforcement following the arrest of two elderly women for growing a cannabis plant at home.

 

The commissioner sent his order to all police stations under his jurisdiction after police at the Ubonrat station had arrested two elderly women for having one cannabis plant. If people grew a few plants for the treatment of their illness, not for any commercial purpose, police should create understanding about relevant laws instead of immediate enforcement, according to the order.

 

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Yesterday (March 23) Pol Col Direkrit Panrueansaen, chief of the Ubonrat station in Khon Kaen province, said that an informant told his subordinates that cannabis was illegally grown at a house in Ubonrat district. Police then visited the house and saw a cannabis plant standing nearly two meters tall in front of it.

 

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[Geoffggi]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

If people grew a few plants for the treatment of their illness, not for any commercial purpose, police should create understanding about relevant laws instead of immediate enforcement, according to the order.

Just legalise it fully then people would know exactly where they stand instead of issuing confusing statements

[TheFishman1]

Obviously the police does not care about their image here they go out to two elderly ladies for growing one client each for their use to feel better but The Red Bull kid they killed one of their own and fled the country I’m really not trying to bring him back for trial amazing Thailand TIT

[ikke1959]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

police should create understanding about relevant laws instead of immediate enforcement, according to the order.

Here lies the problem. The police can't think, don't know the laws and only think in black and white. An educated policeforce that is working in the country instead of easy money making officers is what Thailand need very urgently 

[khunpeer]

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

Just legalise it fully then people would know exactly where they stand instead of issuing confusing statements

agreed! looking at this matter ànd how they handled Covid we can conclude that they are kings in creating confusion...

"said that an informant told his subordinates that cannabis was illegally grown at a house"

also here an informant: it really becomes a 'snitch-country': yr neighbour could be an informant! terrible development...

[edwinchester]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Just legalise it fully then people would know exactly where they stand instead of issuing confusing statements

Thailand, land of rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.

[IAMHERE]

Little old ladies are a lot easier to handle than rich oligarchs or their sons.  You got that shiny gun and shiny uninform, use it on the safest sheep possible is my advice.  I'm guessing this is known to poor subsistence level Thai peasants too.

[brianthainess]

I find it a beautiful plant and would love to grow one in my new conservatory, but it would be illegal to even look at it yet alone smoke it. 

[brianthainess]

3 hours ago, khunpeer said:

agreed! looking at this matter ànd how they handled Covid we can conclude that they are kings in creating confusion...

"said that an informant told his subordinates that cannabis was illegally grown at a house"

also here an informant: it really becomes a 'snitch-country': yr neighbour could be an informant! terrible development...

Land Of Snitches to add to the never ending list of Thainess.

[hughrection]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

to make considered judgement on law enforcement following the arrest of two elderly women for growing a cannabis plant at home.

The 'law' is incredibly fluid here, so yes - go easy on the old bird BIB. ????

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The commissioner sent his order to all police stations under his jurisdiction after police at the Ubonrat station had arrested two elderly women for having one cannabis plant. If people grew a few plants for the treatment of their illness, not for any commercial purpose, police should create understanding about relevant laws instead of immediate enforcement, according to the order.

Tell that to Anutin for making false/fake news about this is going to benefit the public

 

[digger70]

Compromise ? As in Donations?

[Partenavia]

Easy to pick low hanging fruit

[Will B Good]

In-laws have six on the go......proud as punch......