Popular Post webfact Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 Thai authorities announced the capture of an international drug ring after a dramatic raid on several Bangkok condominiums on Thursday. The Thai Special Service Division (SSD) and other agencies revealed their findings in a high-profile press conference. According to the SSD, the operation targeted a criminal network distributing modified e-cigarettes laced with methamphetamine and other dangerous substances. The investigation began after reports emerged of Pod K e-cigarettes being sold at entertainment venues across Bangkok. These e-cigarettes, marketed on online platforms for 4,000 baht each, contained methamphetamine, heroin, happy water, and other illicit drugs. The SSD, in collaboration with multiple agencies, traced the distribution source to a condominium in the upscale Thonglor area. SSD officers swooped in on Wednesday, arresting two suspects: Jayden, a Singaporean national, and Ketdao, a Thai national. The pair was found in possession of a substantial stash of drug-infused e-cigarettes. Following this breakthrough, the investigation led officers to another condominium in the Rama 9 area, where they apprehended two additional suspects: Maria, a Philippine national, and Joel, a Singaporean national, reported Pattaya News. All four suspects were swiftly escorted to Makkasan police station for further legal proceedings. In related news, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya authorities cracked down on the sale of vapes near schools, seizing 1.6 million baht worth of products. Led by the Consumer Protection Committee, the operation aims to protect public health, particularly children, from the dangers of nicotine addiction. The Secretary-General of the Consumer Protection Committee Thosarat Thanitiphan assigned a special operation centre led by the Director of the Consumer Protection Board (CPB) Lertsak Raktham, to act as the Deputy Director of the Special Operations Center, targeting the unregulated sales of electronic cigarettes. In other news, the Customs Department of Thailand imposed a hefty fine on e-cigarette importers, now demanding double the item’s value plus tax in an attempt to curb the increasing sales among the public, particularly the youth. by Top Photo courtesy of Pattaya News Full story: The Thaiger 2024-05-18 Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post newbee2022 Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 That was to be expected. Therefore it is the right and lawful step to get all e-cigarettes and vaping devices off the market. Those who don't follow the law should be fined up to be imprisoned. Including law resisting farangs!!!🙏🙏🙏 1 4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Korat Kiwi Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 Wow, this sounds like real nasty stuff. Vapes I can understand but laced with meth! Just bloody dangerous. Lockem up danno and throw away the key. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AhFarangJa Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 I had to look up "Happy Water".......Jeez, it sounds lethal, but apparently is on the rise in South East Asia............."Caffeine, diazepam, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine and tramadol reportedly compose the superdrug" 4 1 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 22 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said: I had to look up "Happy Water".......Jeez, it sounds lethal, but apparently is on the rise in South East Asia............."Caffeine, diazepam, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine and tramadol reportedly compose the superdrug" Thailands youth love affair with drugs.... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 23 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Thailands youth love affair with drugs.... It is adults who compound, cook and distribute the <deleted> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 2 hours ago, webfact said: .......the Customs Department of Thailand imposed a hefty fine on e-cigarette importers, now demanding double the item’s value plus tax..... Er.....The law says that these products are illegal. Why then are the Customs not seizing detected imports and taking legal action against the importers? This report implies they can be imported provided the duty and tax is paid. 🤔 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post QPRFC Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 Yet another reason to legalise them and import via proper channels ! 1 1 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 One has to be completely out of touch with reality, to buy these cigarettes, without having any idea which drugs they contain. When I was younger I tried all sorts of drugs. Even though some of my friends were doing it, I avoided cocaine and heroin. Life seemed complicated enough, without an overdose or an addiction. I did try cocaine twice. And found it to be the most over rated drug on the planet. I saw some friends high on heroin. It looked like the most boring drug on the planet, and seems to be all about numbing unprocessed mental pain. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbee2022 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said: Er.....The law says that these products are illegal. Why then are the Customs not seizing detected imports and taking legal action against the importers? This report implies they can be imported provided the duty and tax is paid. 🤔 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 "In related news, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya authorities cracked down on the sale of vapes near schools, seizing 1.6 million baht worth of products. Led by the Consumer Protection Committee, the operation aims to protect public health, particularly children, from the dangers of nicotine addiction." I thought "vapes" were used by people to escape from the dangers of nicotibne addiction? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 2 hours ago, spidermike007 said: One has to be completely out of touch with reality, to buy these cigarettes, without having any idea which drugs they contain. When I was younger I tried all sorts of drugs. Even though some of my friends were doing it, I avoided cocaine and heroin. Life seemed complicated enough, without an overdose or an addiction. I did try cocaine twice. And found it to be the most over rated drug on the planet. I saw some friends high on heroin. It looked like the most boring drug on the planet, and seems to be all about numbing unprocessed mental pain. What you snorted 1 line and now you're an expert? BTW looking at a friend getting hight does not mean you know a thing about it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Hop Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Strange this as a quick search of the internet reveals that whilst drugs like THC and Ketamine can be fairly easily added to a vape, meth & heroin are not really possible due to the high temperatures needed? Easy solution is to legalise and license proper vapes so that they can be controlled and only sold by reputable vendors, then just confiscate the rest. Vapes have been around in the UK for over 10 years and whilst there are some reports of them being laced with THC and Spice, it's not something that has really hit the headlines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kidneyw Posted May 18 Popular Post Share Posted May 18 6 hours ago, AhFarangJa said: I had to look up "Happy Water".......Jeez, it sounds lethal, but apparently is on the rise in South East Asia............."Caffeine, diazepam, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine and tramadol reportedly compose the superdrug" And here was me thinking Happy Water was Chang. What a dinasaur. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananafish Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 5 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said: Er.....The law says that these products are illegal. Why then are the Customs not seizing detected imports and taking legal action against the importers? This report implies they can be imported provided the duty and tax is paid. 🤔 I believe they do seize the contraband and fine those importing it, what I assume they're talking about now is upping the amount they get fined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 5 hours ago, bubblegum said: What you snorted 1 line and now you're an expert? BTW looking at a friend getting hight does not mean you know a thing about it. Believe me I was an expert on drugs, I tried virtually everything including well over a hundred LSD trips, mesculine, peyote, psilocybin, speed and quite a few downers. Never really like the downers and when my friend got high on heroin at my kitchen table when I was 14, and he passed out for an hour, it just didn't look like much fun to me. Unless you love the feeling of being numb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Swift Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 10 hours ago, hotchilli said: Thailands youth love affair with drugs.... And the youth of other countries don't do this? All youth everywhere have always done this all the way back to when these substances first appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roamer Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 15 hours ago, AhFarangJa said: I had to look up "Happy Water".......Jeez, it sounds lethal, but apparently is on the rise in South East Asia............."Caffeine, diazepam, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine and tramadol reportedly compose the superdrug" Seriously 🤔. That would have confused me back in the day, I wouldn't have known if the elevator was going up or down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack61 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Nip it in the bud. There is no up side to vapes of any kind. It is fast becoming the new entry level platform for nicotine (and other) products. By adding flavours and other things, it is primarily designed to hook young people into using them under the illusion of being cool. These marketers are driven by greed and have no regard for health issues and focus on entrapping the undeveloped minds of our youth to become the life long consumers of their products. Let’s not kid ourselves that they’re the healthy alternative to cigarettes. This is far from the truth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJr Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 17 hours ago, newbee2022 said: That was to be expected. Therefore it is the right and lawful step to get all e-cigarettes and vaping devices off the market. Those who don't follow the law should be fined up to be imprisoned. Including law resisting farangs!!!🙏🙏🙏 I'm sure you have read all those studies in which the thousands of carcinogens invade your lung tissue causing cancer vs low levels of nicotine in a vape with zero carcinogens. However I did see that they published "the dangers of nicotine" because vapes don't have the cancer killing chemically sprayed leaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJr Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 1 hour ago, roamer said: Seriously 🤔. That would have confused me back in the day, I wouldn't have known if the elevator was going up or down. On my to do list next time im in bkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobbyClarke Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 E cigs safer than dope if correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 14 hours ago, spidermike007 said: seems to be all about numbing unprocessed mental pain. Best explanation ever Mike- Mostly mentally healthy folk dont want to wipe them self's in to failure. Abuse is a symptom, self love is the cure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 6 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said: And the youth of other countries don't do this? All youth everywhere have always done this all the way back to when these substances first appeared. I was confining my reply to Thailand.... the rest of the world does what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbee2022 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 2 hours ago, RonJr said: I'm sure you have read all those studies in which the thousands of carcinogens invade your lung tissue causing cancer vs low levels of nicotine in a vape with zero carcinogens. However I did see that they published "the dangers of nicotine" because vapes don't have the cancer killing chemically sprayed leaves You're joking, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargamon Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 7 minutes ago, newbee2022 said: You're joking, aren't you? Not joking, just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish star Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Wait til they get back to Singapore lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 5/18/2024 at 11:14 AM, webfact said: All four suspects were swiftly escorted to Makkasan police station for further legal proceedings. They could have used a car.. .. it makes it sound like they linked arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorthalfhead Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Maybe it was in a Ford Escort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted yesterday at 03:54 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:54 AM Tax the stuff like booze and tobacco cigarettes and get on with it ........ next please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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