Two arrested with more than 250,000 baht worth of krathom

Phuket Gazette

 

          

The duo intended to sell to other foreign workers and younger thais. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: -- Police arrested two Burmese workers with about 200 kilograms of krathom in Patong yesterday.

Col Chaiwat Auikam of Patong Police handled the case.

“We same a man, who we later learned was called 'Piew’, acting suspicious in front of SuperCheap Patong. He tried to escape when we approached him. He was clean, but upon inspecting his motorbike we found a 5kg krathom packet underneath the seat and another 80kgs in his room nearby,” the colonel told Phuket Gazette reporters.

 

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That's great. Now let's go get the real criminals. 

5+80=200

6 hours ago, A1Str8 said:

That's great. Now let's go get the real criminals. 

They should better revive the idea to legalize it (as was in the news quite a while ago).

250,000 baht ?  Only because it is illegal, make it legal and it wouldn't be 2500 baht. Time to empty the jails of for this crime and legalize it.

Pardon my ignorance on this-but what is this used for..get high????