Thai Authorities Work To Crack Down On Social Network's Illegal Drug Trade

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Authorities work to crack down on social network’s illegal drug trade

BANGKOK, Oct 12 – Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is working with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to thwart illegal drug selling using new technology’s social networks, according to Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, secretary-general.

Gen Pongsapat said he asked ONCB to determine the source of the drugs and drug paraphernalia sold on social networks as young people are considered an at-risk group.

ONCB and the ICT ministry are cooperating to launch an online public campaign, urging the public to help monitor and alert the police on illegal drug trading via the Internet using the ONCB hotline 1386.

Parcels will be checked strictly to thwart illegal drug delivery via the postal service, he added.

The move came after the police on Thursday arrested two university students selling methamphetamine pills on the social network Facebook in the northern province of Chiang Mai and seized almost 1,000 pills.

Regarding the narcotics crackdown among youth, Gen Pongsapat said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will preside over the launching of the project to crack down narcotics in 12 communities, facing drug problem at the critical level.

Of a total of 12 communities, three are in the capital and nine are in the provinces.

The project is aimed at rehabilitating young drug addicts and then helping them continue studies or find jobs.

Next week, surveillance cameras will be installed in 12 communities to pressure small-scale drug peddlers. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-10-12

[fstarbkk]

Can someone refresh my memory exactly when Chalerm was going to have the whole drug problem solved in TH?

In the meantime, perhaps we should just ban FB completely to close off this source of illicit phrmaceuticals! Isn't that how we do things here?

[waza]

Excellent strategy to monitor 'Off your Facebook' to thwart illegal drug selling using the new technology’s. Maybe they can monitor 'Skype' to reduce the division of society by convicted criminals and fugitives from justice as well.

Edited October 12, 2012 by waza

[dcutman]

Face Book (social networking) new technology???. Well I guess it is, to those that just figured out how to turn on the computer, and log in.

[coma]

The sale of illegal drugs using facebook is just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to socially unexceptable and unsavoury content in and amongst numerous facebook pages. Considering it is now a publicly listed company, anyone holding shares in the company may want to check their positions cuz there is sure to be some serious lawsuit action taken against the company. And if/when it does happen it will fall like a stack of cards. I watched a doco on this topic only last night. If you want it, Facebook has got it. Sexual, racial, illicit, hate,kiddy fiddler, child killer, rape 'n' murder, suck shit your kid is dead pages. And the cancer patient pages where they are told to suck it up and that cancer is a sign of the weak. etc etc etc. They [facebook] need to start taking some responsibility for the content that they allow their users post on the website.

[PoodMaiDai]

Just ban Facebook like they do all my favorite porno sites.

[Thai at Heart]

Police to monitor sms and pigeons next

[Payboy]

Police to monitor sms and pigeons next

Sh!t, I was hoping to move my food photos cache to pigeons.

[MEL1]

All these crackdowns = all these more committees/ back handers.

Cool!

-mel.

[Thai at Heart]

Police to monitor sms and pigeons next

Sh!t, I was hoping to move my food photos cache to pigeons.

Don't worry, the drug pedaling motosai taxi man can still send a vhs message.