PM orders working committee to tackle illegal narcotics

[webfact]

 

A working committee has been set up to tackle illegal narcotics, with the active participation of the military and the aim of reducing the problem within a year, according to Thailand’s prime minister Srettha Thavisin yesterday (Sunday).

 

After witnessing the destruction of seized narcotics by the Office of Narcotics Control Board in Samut Prakan province, the prime minister said that details about the working committee and how it will tackle the problem will be disclosed in due course, including such issues as the seizure of assets from the traffickers, money laundering and the time frame for the destruction of seized narcotics.

 

He noted that the military will play a more active role in preventing the smuggling of narcotics into Thailand from neighbouring countries.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-09-18

 

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[proton]

'He noted that the military will play a more active role in preventing the smuggling of narcotics into Thailand from neighbouring countries.'

 

Just how naive is this guy? 

[Deserted]

It's a problem they will never be to fix no matter how hard they try.

[ChipButty]

I thought the army already control the narcotics

[jvs]

Just looking at their faces i can tell they look really happy with each other.

No big smiles to try and fool the people.

I hope this is already the writing on the wall.

They don't trust each other and for good reason.

Just a matter of time before they will be at each others throats.

 

 

[ChipButty]

7 minutes ago, jvs said:

Just looking at their faces i can tell they look really happy with each other.

No big smiles to try and fool the people.

I hope this is already the writing on the wall.

They don't trust each other and for good reason.

Just a matter of time before they will be at each others throats.

 

 

would you trust a Thai politician? 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, proton said:

'He noted that the military will play a more active role in preventing the smuggling of narcotics into Thailand from neighbouring countries.'

 

Just how naive is this guy? 

Very,

RTP, MIlitary, influential people all have sticky fingers in the very lucrative drugs game.

[jvs]

14 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

would you trust a Thai politician? 

would you trust any politician?

[VinnieK]

That should fix the problem ????

[bamnutsak]

Form a committee? On the drug problem? Seriously? 

 

What's next, order more plastic bags for the Police?

 

He should go back to his day job.

 

At least this faux PM will be out of the country for the next eight days, so we don't have to suffer his foolish comments.

 

1 hour ago, jvs said:

Just a matter of time before they will be at each others throats.

Yes, the honeymoon, such as it was, was brief and the groom is already staying with the mia noi most nights.

 

 

IMO MFP should be grateful that the powers-that-be staged a self-coup (judicial/legislative), and they were well clear of this dumpster fire.

 

 

 

 

[ChrisY1]

Just talk....nothing will change other than a few extra arrests of couriers.....the big names won't show!

[sammieuk1]

Remove that Z from the microphone immediately also remove that thing next to it  ???? 

[klauskunkel]

Can't see the good Capt Thammanat in that picture, he could prove to be invaluable in drug related initiatives.

Oh, I see, this is about restricting imports, while our Agriculture Minister was involved in the export business... 

[AustinRacing]

New committee? As if it is a new matter. 

[Hakuna Matata]

Alcohol is a legal narcotic, as well as marijuana.

 

It may be a high time to legalize heroin as well? And cocaine too.

[Datsun 1200]

I would like Thailands reputation to become "best place in the World" to smoke Cannabis, but the "worst/most strict place" to do hard drugs like Yaba/Meth. They have room now for the Meth heads now the Pot heads have been released.

 

IH

[fondue zoo]

 

ououou, they put on their serious faces for this one.

lion face, lemon face, lion face, lemon face

 

[retarius]

Total waste of time. The war on drugs has been going on for decades with no noticeable effect. People like taking drugs, these users create a potential pools of profits for unscrupulous people, and surprise, surprise, those unscrupulous people traffic drug to make profits. 

[jacko45k]

9 minutes ago, retarius said:

Total waste of time. The war on drugs has been going on for decades with no noticeable effect. People like taking drugs, these users create a potential pools of profits for unscrupulous people, and surprise, surprise, those unscrupulous people traffic drug to make profits. 

Some of them don't, they just have to. 

[Artisi]

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I thought the army already control the narcotics

That's debatable as it's never been fully established, is it the military or the BIB. 

[ChipButty]

4 minutes ago, Artisi said:

That's debatable as it's never been fully established, is it the military or the BIB. 

I'm sticking with the Military 

[Artisi]

10 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I'm sticking with the Military 

You're probably correct, but bear in mind the BIB via immigration control the border entry points and can be very short-sighted under the right conditions. 

[bamnutsak]

Thailand, where BOTH the military and the RTP provide security, is a reliable trans-shipment point for drugs (Meth) manufactured in Myanmar/Laos to ports in Thailand where they are moved on to other countries. A lot of seizures are destined for Australia.

 

Further, Thailand is a reliable trans-shipment point for precursors heading to the manufacturing zones.

 

Up until fairly recently there were busts of 1 ~ 5 million meth tabs nearly weekly.

 

But a lot of this meth is also for the local market, where usage has sky-rocketed as prices have dropped. Reports in the press indicate prices as low as 2 baht/tab. Ten baht might be more accurate based on small volume purchases.

 

Possessing more than one tab of meth is now a significant criminal charge. It used to be 15 for that limit.

 

Crystal meth is also a big problem, but that is a bit more expensive.

 

There are ~ 200,000 incarcerated for drugs, the bulk are for meth.

 

I'm not sure what the PM thinks a committee can accomplish given military rule for nearly 15 years (out of the last 23) has only seen a dramatic increase in the problem?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RichardColeman]

Surely a bullet to the head for all people found carrying narcotics or giving them the choice to consume all the drugs found on them in 48 hours would cut down a lot of criminality - simply as I doubt any would survive

[ThaiFelix]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

He noted that the military will play a more active role in preventing the smuggling of narcotics into Thailand from neighbouring countries.

So a complete reversal of roles from present?

[DJ54]

They had a committee prior but it was Non working…

[Artisi]

The best option is to make all drugs easily available via proper government facilities and very low prices - this removes the huge profit margins that attracts the criminals, they won't compete with the government at low prices, nothing in it for them - plus it gives the authorities a good idea of what's going on and the chance to start steering people away from usage. 

 

I know, a pipe dream (no pun intended) as there is big money to be made by too many influencial individuals.