Bt3.6 Bn Worth Of Drugs To Be Burnt On June 26

[george]

Bt3.6 bn worth of drugs to be burnt on June 26

BANGKOK: -- Relevant authorities will burn down illicit drugs worth Bt3.6billion on June 26, which is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Deputy Public Health Minister Morakot Kornkasem Thursday said the illicit drug would be disposed through pyrolytic incineration in Ayutthaya.

"This will not harm the environment," he said.

Morakot said this was going the 35th time that Thai authorities burn down illicit drug seized from drug traffickers, and in all about 1,122 kilograms and 5.99 litres of illicit drugs from 12,672 drug cases would be destroyed.

The amount included heroin, ecstasy pills, methamphetamine pills, cocaine, marijuana and opium.

According to him, there were some other 20 tons of illicit drugs under the care of relevant authorities but they would not be disposed until their cases go to the end of legal channels.

-- The Nation 2007-06-22

[bkkandrew]

Bt3.6 bn worth of drugs to be burnt on June 26

BANGKOK: -- Relevant authorities will burn down illicit drugs worth Bt3.6billion on June 26, which is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Deputy Public Health Minister Morakot Kornkasem Thursday said the illicit drug would be disposed through pyrolytic incineration in Ayutthaya.

"This will not harm the environment," he said.

Morakot said this was going the 35th time that Thai authorities burn down illicit drug seized from drug traffickers, and in all about 1,122 kilograms and 5.99 litres of illicit drugs from 12,672 drug cases would be destroyed.

The amount included heroin, ecstasy pills, methamphetamine pills, cocaine, marijuana and opium.

According to him, there were some other 20 tons of illicit drugs under the care of relevant authorities but they would not be disposed until their cases go to the end of legal channels.

-- The Nation 2007-06-22

Perhaps some members of the CNS were downwind at at earlier burning ceremony?

[Scott]

Everybody has a high-ol' time when they do this.

The CNS was at the ganja burning party--unfortunately it produced an unusual amount of paranoia. Oh, and the munchies.

[astral]

Don't get downwind unless you want to get stoned.....

[chinthee]

[teejay]

Bt3.6 bn worth of drugs to be burnt on June 26

Is that the date of the Full Moon Party or something?

[Jai Dee]

Thailand to burn drugs worth 3.6 billion baht

The Thai authorities will burn down illicit drugs worth some 3.6 billion baht (106 million U.S. dollars) on Tuesday to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Morakot Kornkasem, the Deputy Public Health Minister, said earlier that the illicit drug would be disposed through pyrolytic incineration, which will not harm the environment.

It will be the 35th time that the Thai authorities burn down illicit drug seized from drug traffickers, and in all about 1,122 kilograms and 5.99 liters of illicit drugs from 12,672 drug cases would be destroyed, said Morakot.

The amount included heroin, ecstasy pills, methamphetamine pills, cocaine, marijuana and opium.

Source: Xinhua - 25 June 2007

[technocracy]

I offer my marijuana disposal services to burn the seized amount of Marijuana . . . albeit in a slight slower and more controlled fashion!

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[glaitong]

Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!

[Jai Dee]

ONCB to burn 1000 kg of narcotics

The Advisor to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) reports that authorities have prevent at least 50 percent of total narcotics shipments from reaching the nation's interior.

Office of the Narcotics Control Board Advisor Chatchai Suthikrom (ชาติชาย สุทธิกรม) reports that narcotic suppression efforts from 2006 to the present period are still concentrated along major border crossing areas and the southern border provinces. The number of arrests remain constant, though authorities are pleased to report success in intercepting 50-52 percent of total estimated annual drug shipments.

Most drug shipments are reported to be of small quantities in order to avoid discovery. Mr. Chatchai revealed that the Office of the Narcotics Control Board will be coordinating with the Food and Drug Administration in incinerating more than 1000 kilograms and 5.99 liters of narcotics at the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 27 June 2007

[Jai Dee]

Tonnes of drugs incinerated after Thai crackdown

Thailand has burnt almost three tonnes of drugs worth about $125 million to mark the United Nations day against drug abuse and trafficking.

Deputy Health Minister Morakot Kornkasem says the haul of methamphetamines, heroin, opium, ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana was set ablaze in an environmentally-friendly incinerator in the central province of Ayutthaya.

"Thailand is seriously cracking down on drugs in order to overcome the drug problem and reduce drug addiction and its consequences," Mr Morakot said at the ceremony attended by foreign diplomats.

He says Thailand will focus on preventing chemicals used to make drugs from being smuggled into the kingdom and on rehabilitating addicts.

Authorities say the destroyed drugs came from 12,672 resolved court cases and most of them were methamphetamines, known locally as "yaba".

Thailand once had the one of the world's highest rates of methamphetamine use, sparking a controversial "war on drugs" in 2003 that saw more than 2,200 suspected drug offenders die in apparent extrajudicial killings.

The UN 2007 World Drug Report, published on Monday, found that "there is no doubt that the methamphetamine situation in Thailand is far better today than it was at the peak of the methamphetamine epidemic in 2001".

The report said about 0.75 per cent of the population were using the drug in 2006, down from 2.4 per cent in 2001.

But it added that seizures of crystal methamphetamine were rising and reports suggested there was an increase of trafficking into Thailand from neighbouring Laos and Cambodia.

The report said Most of the methamphetamine on Thai markets originated in Burma.

It noted that in the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Thailand and Laos meet, cultivation of opium poppies, which can be used to produce heroin, morphine and opium, had fallen by almost 80 per cent since 1998.

Source: ABC News - 27 June 2007