Five cops sacked after 1m speed pill bust

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Five cops sacked after 1m speed pill bust

Published: 15 Dec 2012 at 00.00
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NAN: Five officers from a police station in Nan province, including the station chief, have been fired after being arrested for smuggling 1 million speed pills.

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, left, questions one of three drug suspects during a press conference yesterday. The three were caught with 500,000 methamphetamine pills and 50kg of crystal methamphetamine in Pathum Thani province on Wednesday. APICHART JINAKUL

The five officers - Pol Lt Col Thammanoon Nakbua, chief of Ouan police station; Pol Sub Lt Jittipong Sochai, deputy crime suppression investigation chief; Pol Snr Sgt Maj Nonthawat Pansa; Pol Snr Sgt Maj Atthapol Khamsaen; and Pol Snr Sgt Maj Sakkapong Chiangnoon - were fired from the police service on the spot, Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadriew, deputy chief of Police Region 5, said.

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samut
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Discussion 32 : 15 Dec 2012 at 16.1332
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There is always a smile no matter how bad the situation is; or maybe because of the re-sell option?
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Discussion 31 : 15 Dec 2012 at 13.4031
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Nothing has ever been banned successfully in the history of mankind.
Some people will always provide a supply to meet the demand. The death penalty doesn't work... There are still drug users and suppliers in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Educate people of the dangers of drug use. Decriminalise drugs. Regulate and tax them. Ensure that users are doing so safely without the need to buy impure drugs from criminals.
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Discussion 30 : 15 Dec 2012 at 12.4030
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tau, re D.22.
You are right. The shame for Thailand is persisting in repeating what is a well known failure. The policy of making drugs illegal for consenting adults who freely chose them does not work, as is proved daily by such reports as this.

Worse, current policy actively encourages corruption and invites the worst scum in society to run the business! This is not sane.

Worse yet is that the there is no just basis whatsoever for criminalising personal behavious of adults that does not directly harm others.
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Discussion 29 : 15 Dec 2012 at 12.3929
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If the Thais were to sack all the police, crime would drop by 80%.
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Discussion 28 : 15 Dec 2012 at 12.1728
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People conveniently ignore the fact that alcohol and tobacco products harm, kill & have killed far more people than ice & yaba ever have, & will continue to do so.
D19 Tua it's clear the death penalty isn't a deterrent. Drug dealers think of the money only, up until they're inevitably caught.
The penalties here are too harsh, Thailand isn't a source country now, but a through route for heroin internationally. yaba / ice are both largely consumed within Thai borders. Some perspective of user harm, user help strategy and more reasonable sentencing is needed. Drugs is a supply & demand business. Corruption only makes it an uglier business
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Discussion 27 : 15 Dec 2012 at 11.4927
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Yummy!!! i smell bacon.
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Discussion 26 : 15 Dec 2012 at 11.4526
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You can't solve drugs by arresting lots of people or killing people. You solve the drug problem by identifying the socioeconomic/educational/cultural roots of why people take up drug dealing in the first place and solve each with permanent pragmatic solutions. Or you can just keep building more jails until your whole population is in prison like America is doing.
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Discussion 25 : 15 Dec 2012 at 11.4425
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5 cops 'sacked'????!!!!. Can anyone imagine this headline anywhere else in the World? Yes, even China.
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Discussion 24 : 15 Dec 2012 at 11.2224
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Does anyone notice that this back-slapping happyfest photo-op is not the RTP suspects, but three others who were caught in another case. I would be more inclined to have a positive reaction if the photo accompanying the story was actually about the main headlines of the story.
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Discussion 23 : 15 Dec 2012 at 11.1623
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The war on drugs led by the drug lords.
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