webfact Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 ONCB: 9.4m amphetamine pills sized in one month Safe Mekong operationBANGKOK, 19 February 2015 (NNT) – Thousands of drug suspects have been arrested and 9.4 million amphetamine tablets and other substances have been confiscated during the 1 month period of the Safe Mekong Operations, says the ONCB Secretary-General.The Secretary-General of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Permpong Chaovalit has disclosed the operational report during the first month of the Safe Mekong Operations from 12 January to 18 February 2015.The report states that 1,289 suspects have been arrested in 1,117 narcotics related cases. Confiscated drugs include 9.4 million amphetamine tablets, 440 kilograms of amphetamine crystal, 180 kilograms of heroin, 59 kilograms of opium, 20,000 kilograms of methylene chloride, 8,150 kilograms of caffeine, and 293 kilograms of Pseudoephedrine.The ONCB Secretary-General has said that he will propose to the Minister of Justice for an extension of the Safe Mekong Operations. Operations would be extended until the end of this year due to the operational success of the campaign.The Safe Mekong Operations combine suppression and the crackdown of narcotics smugglers along the Mekong River through the cooperation of China, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand.Operations under this campaign include joint patrols, area searches, checkpoints, port searches, and random inspections of chemical exporters in the area. -- NNT 2015-02-19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyBowskill Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 How do you arrest thousands of suspects in a month? and where would you put them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Just the pawns, Drug gangs can afford to loose 10% This is the scale off the problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Caffine is illegal? oh oh Starbucks prepare for the Police Raid!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 why not follow some of the suspected drug shipments to the distribution point and make a larger dent in the trade? afraid of who they might have to arrest ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 How do you arrest thousands of suspects in a month? and where would you put them? You point a gun at them and say come with me, rather than inviting them to a police station when they have a spare moment. Four countries should have sufficient cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Four-nation taskforce tackles Mekong triangle drug tradeTHE NATION BANGKOK: -- IN ITS FIRST two operations aimed at suppressing the drug trade in the Mekong triangle, a four-nation taskforce has seized 30 tonnes of chemical precursors that could potentially produce 300 million amphetamine tablets, the secretary-general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) said yesterday.Permpong Chaovalit said between January 12 and February 18 the Safe Mekong Coordination Centre made 1,289 arrests in 1,117 raids in Thailand, China, Laos and Myanmar, member countries of the SMCC, and seized 9,444,468 amphetamine tablets, 440 kilograms of "ice" flakes, 180kg of heroin and 59kg of opium liquid.The SMCC regards its second operation a success, he said.Like the first operation, Thailand supervised the second operation. The operations were conducted in China's Yunnan province, Myanmar's Chan State, Laos' Bor Kaew and Nam Tha provinces and Thailand's Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son provinces.Five major operations were conducted in China, assisted by anti-drug counterparts based in Canton and Shanghai.In Thailand on February 11, Permpong said 447,051 tablets were seized in a series of drug raids that also saw 77 arrests and assets worth Bt65 million seized. Another 288,000 tablets were seized and three suspects arrested in a raid on January 26, he said.In related news, Railway Police in Prachuap Khiri Khan province yesterday arrested a drug courier allegedly on his way to deliver 20,000 amphetamine tablets to a dealer in Hat Yai district in Songkhla province.Athichai Jantharo was charged with possessing illegal narcotics with intent to sell.He initially denied the charges but he later confessed when police showed him footage from surveillance cameras at Bang Sue train station in Bangkok, where he bought his train ticket. He was seen carrying a black bag containing the tablets, in 10 packs of 2,000 tablets.He refused to say who hired him to transport the tablets or who would be picking them up.The suspect, 36, also known as Jo Pattani, has a record as a drug dealer and user.Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Four-nation-taskforce-tackles-Mekong-triangle-drug-30254487.html-- The Nation 2015-02-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaiHard Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 8,150 kilograms of caffeine!! I had no idea - shouldn't someone tell starbucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docshock13 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Seized fine. But they make no mention of if, how and when the drugs were destroyed. Likely back in circulation with all profits going to the relevant authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYumpoochai Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 That must have taken some time to 'size' 9.4 million pills..... Maybe they just poked a standard sized hole in the bag and shook it for 1 month while they dropped out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 As one of the largest producers of illicit drug components in Asia and having 12 million drug addicts, China shares the same determination as Western nations to interdict and stop thse drug products. It cooperates with the UN and USA DEA as well as its neighbors on the issues. This inter-nation cooperation shows that nations of different political natures can have common interests. That is something the Junta doesn't seem to understand. But physical interception is only one factor to stopping the illegal drug trade. Equal efforts must be made in detecting and stopping money laundering. And for China and Thailand that is a major problem that can't be solved with a police boat in the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Thea01 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) How do you arrest thousands of suspects in a month? and where would you put them? Do you really need to ask such questions or are you just having a lend of us? The leading paragraph is misleading, it was only 1289 arrested. Maybe if you read the whole article you would see that it was a combined operation which means, various agencies and the army. If not given bail, then where would you suspect they would be placed. I'll give you a clue, for English, it starts with G--and ends in L, for the Yanks, it starts with J-- and ends in L. Here endeth the lesson. Edited February 21, 2015 by Si Thea01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Thea01 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Seized fine. But they make no mention of if, how and when the drugs were destroyed. Likely back in circulation with all profits going to the relevant authorities. Here we go again but this one is from a newbie poster. Didn't take long to jump on the bandwagon with the other conspiracy believers. Must be trying to set a new record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Thea01 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) why not follow some of the suspected drug shipments to the distribution point and make a larger dent in the trade? afraid of who they might have to arrest ? If you had any knowledge of law enforcement and how agencies and other countries interact, then maybe you would think twice before making such an irrational statement. As you have no idea what has occurred or is in the pipeline, except for the partially misleading newspaper article, and never will, you just go ahead and make a post without any knowledge of the overall situation. And no, I know nothing either, but I have been involved in drug enforcement and stings over the years. And through that experience I can tell you such operations come under a single command, which controls what and what will not be released to the press, therefore not tipping off others they may have in their sights. And no, at this time, I do not think, if they can get to the Mr Bigs, that they will have any fear of those who they may have to arrest. Yes, I have read articles which tell us that some Thai Police open their mouths when they shouldn't, just to say "Look at Me, but believe me these type of operations are much different. Edited February 21, 2015 by Si Thea01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumu Ali Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 8,150 kilograms of caffeine and that is alot of coffee there is just a little bit of this caffeine in coffee and it is a white powder that they use for stepping on drugs. Prayuth is a great guy to do something to stop this evil which no other government could do properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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