Chumphon Province will perform narcotics x-ray operation as a present to HM the King

The Narcotics Eradication Center in Chumphon Province launches a project to wipe out illegal drugs in villages and communities. The project has been initiated as a present to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s Accession to the Throne.

Mr. Veera Sriwattanakul, the Deputy Governor of Chumphon Province, stated that the center will dispatch officials to x-ray and look for narcotics in different villages and communities. The project, namely the One Day Re X-Ray project, is set to be implemented throughout the province on June 22nd, 2006.

Mr. Veera said further that the project is divided into two phases On June 20th, the Mayor and other high-ranking officials will discuss on drug policies, and on June 22nd, narcotics will be searched throughout the villages and communities in Chumphon.

The project will help the local people to truly understand the problems of illegal drugs. Even though the problem has improved, all parties have to continually help suppress the narcotics in their areas.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 14 June 2006

narcotics x-ray operation -------- mai khow jai !

I guess this report was lost in translation or K Veera has taken some class A to "truly understand the problems of illegal drugs"

Chumphon Province will perform narcotics x-ray operation as a present to HM the King

The Narcotics Eradication Center in Chumphon Province launches a project to wipe out illegal drugs in villages and communities. The project has been initiated as a present to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s Accession to the Throne.

Mr. Veera Sriwattanakul, the Deputy Governor of Chumphon Province, stated that the center will dispatch officials to x-ray and look for narcotics in different villages and communities. The project, namely the One Day Re X-Ray project, is set to be implemented throughout the province on June 22nd, 2006.

Mr. Veera said further that the project is divided into two phases On June 20th, the Mayor and other high-ranking officials will discuss on drug policies, and on June 22nd, narcotics will be searched throughout the villages and communities in Chumphon.

The project will help the local people to truly understand the problems of illegal drugs. Even though the problem has improved, all parties have to continually help suppress the narcotics in their areas.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 14 June 2006

OH COME ON NOW, JAI DEE..... YOU'RE PULLING OUR LEG WITH THIS ONE!!

Thinking of the unfettered, unmonitored, unknown radiation exposure they are producing, PLEASE tell me it's impossible they would do this.....??!?!

OH COME ON NOW, JAI DEE..... YOU'RE PULLING OUR LEG WITH THIS ONE!!

Thinking of the unfettered, unmonitored, unknown radiation exposure they are producing, PLEASE tell me it's impossible they would do this.....??!?!

I just post 'em SJ... I don't make 'em up...

/Edit - what... no comment about the One Day Re X-Ray Project name?

OH COME ON NOW, JAI DEE..... YOU'RE PULLING OUR LEG WITH THIS ONE!!

Thinking of the unfettered, unmonitored, unknown radiation exposure they are producing, PLEASE tell me it's impossible they would do this.....??!?!

I just post 'em SJ... I don't make 'em up...

/Edit - what... no comment about the One Day Re X-Ray Project name?

geez... you had me actually having to stop and start thumbing through the calendar thinking, "is it April 1st already???"

This is the most absurd one I've seen. Lord only knows what equipment they will be using... the operator's qualifications.. what they will be transmitting gamma radiation through... and who's around or near it... and to what end?

X-rays can be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!! they are not to be used willy-nilly for no good reason.

I don't mind absurd ideas, most of them are just funny.... but this is not... jeopardizing the citizen's health in such a potentially disasterous scenario....

:shudder: where's the :shudder: smiley??

ONE TAMBON - ONE HUNDRED RADIATION POISONING VICTIMS PROJECT

X-rays can be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!! they are not to be used willy-nilly for no good reason.

Don't take it for litteral.

I guess it's a way to say that the search for drugs will be (this time) mak mak efficient (because as we all know before such a great project, drug fighting was not taken very seriously...).

But, the best part is of course the schedule : "Dear mister drug dealer, I'm pleased to reveal you that on june the 22 we will proceed to an extensive drugs research in all our villages. You will be kind enough to take all proper actions in order to ease our work. We thank you mak mak for your cooperation".

The project, namely the One Day Re X-Ray project...

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Great name, especially when this project is stated to take place on TWO days!!!

Mr. Veera Sriwattanakul

Dear Sir,

We would like to discuss with you monies that have been paid to you in error.

Yours Sincerely

Auditor , Thailand Office of the Paymaster General.

I think it would be a better move for the image of Thailands public service if the Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department just kept this press release in Thai.

Anything like this, when done for only ONE day is a joke.

Pure window dressing.

Plenty of notice, to get the drugs moved elsewhere!!!!!!!!

Jai Dee, Please keep us updated on this one, I'd just love to know what actually happens on the day (or 2 days).

I have visions of a tractor dragging a battered old airport x-ray machine down Chumpon high street, with a couple of fat cops in skintight uniforms grabbing Nong & Noi & shoving them bodily thru the machine, followed by their modified Sonic.

Later they will remove the side of the machine & tow it past your house inspecting for dodgy looking jars of herbs cuningly hidden in cupboards.

Then again its probably more likely that absolutly bugger all will happen & it will be declared a succes.

maybe it should moved from the news section to the joke section

:-)))

I think you will find that "X-ray" is a translation from the Thai press release that stated they would be looking " really really really " hard for them there pesky drugs . There maybe a new technical advance that will allow them to detect the wrongdoings from the comfort of their mia noi's arms at theiir favourite karaoke , but I doubt it.

the willpower required to keep a straight face while attending press conferences for thai politicians must be enourmous.

I have worked with systems that can identify drugs, weapons, etc...

They give off different heat signatures and if your equipment is top of the line color bands for chemical composition.

The only way the Thai officials have is to use an airborne platform fitted with a FLIR system. The size of the stash would need to be rather large and uncovered.

This REALLY meks no sense. Along with the advance warning (!!!) are they x-raying people or property? If it's people, what exactly would an x-ray show, besides what they had for lunch? If it's property, they can just go into someones home and start x-raying things????