Six held following Khao San Road cannabis inspection
published : 12 Dec 2022 at 09:15
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
Six people have been arrested for allegedly selling cannabis and allowing customers to smoke inside shops on Khao San Road in Bangkok without permission.
They were caught during an inspection by police and health authorities along the road on Friday night, the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine's Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong said on Saturday.
The inspection was aimed at finding those who defied Public Health Ministry regulations regarding cannabis control, Dr Thongchai said.
Dr Thongchai said two street vendors who allegedly sold cannabis and its flowers without permission were among the six who were arrested.
Two others were allegedly found breaching the cannabis licence and operating in a restricted area, he said, adding items were seized and taken to Chanasongkram police station.
The fifth person was found to have allegedly allowed customers to smoke cannabis inside a shop and the sixth allegedly provided a smoking room.
All suspects were taken to Chanasongkram police station for legal action.
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Vocabulary
- alternative medicine: medical treatment using methods that are different form the usual western scientific methods -
- arrested: caught by the police and taken to a police station because you are believed to have committed a crime - ถูกจับกุม
- authority (noun): a person or government agency who has the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
- cannabis (noun): marijuana; a drug made from the dried leaves and flowers or resin of the hemp plant, which is smoked or eaten and which gives the user a feeling of being relaxed. Use of the drug is illegal in many countries. - กัญชา
- defy: to refuse to obey or accept someone or something - ท้า, เป็นปฏิปักษ์ต่อ
- inspection: an official process of checking that things are in the correct condition or that people are doing what they should - การตรวจสอบตรวจตรา
- permission: allowing someone to do something - การอนุญาต,การอนุมัติ,การยินยอม
- regulations: official rules that control the way things are done - ระเบียบ ข้อบังคับ
- restricted: limited or controlled - ซึ่งถูกยับยั้ง, ซึ่งถูกควบคุม
- suspect: a person who is thought to have committed a crime - ผู้ต้องสงสัย
- vendors: people who sell things, e.g., food or newspapers, usually outside on the street - พ่อค้าแม่่ค้าหาบแร่แผงลอย
