Mae Sai police received information about a group of teenagers trafficking drugs via motorcycles. The group was traced to a route under Mae Sai Bridge, passing through Ban Ko Sai village, Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai.

 

Undercover officers spotted two teenagers, aged around twenty, riding motorcycles near the intersection by Kong Kam Hotel, Ban Ko Sai village, reported 77kaoded.

 

Upon approaching, officers apprehended them with a significant amount of narcotics: 302 tablets of Ketamine totaling 1 kilogram and 20 grams of Ice.

 

 

They were charged with possession and distribution of Category 1 (Ice, Amphetamines) and Category 2 (Ketamine) narcotics without authorization.

 

Local residents reported frequent sightings of teenagers on motorcycles at the intersection, unaware of their drug trafficking activities.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Police, with the help of around 10 officers, tracked down and apprehended the suspects, putting an end to the illicit operation.

 

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-- ASEAN NOW 2024-03-22

 

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The guy with the gun was giving the lad on the floor a bit of a kicking.

Based on publicized interdictions Ketamine use seems to be on the rise. Not exactly good news for Thailand.

 

 

Beyond methamphetamine, the region seized a record 27.4 tons of ketamine in 2022, an increase of 167 per cent, with all countries and territories in the region reporting an increase except Hong Kong, China. Notably, large mixed shipments of methamphetamine and ketamine were seized by authorities across the region, indicating organized crime continue to push the two drugs as a package to grow ketamine demand.

 

https://www.unodc.org/roseap/2023/06/regional-synthetic-drugs-report-launch/story.html