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Big drug bust, new drug detector

CHIANG RAI - Police have arrested three men and seized drugs worth an estimated 750 million baht, reports said.

Manop Khunkrai, 46, and Anuwat Sea-Song, 31 were arrested in possession of 900,000 methamphetamine tablets and 50 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine.

Police said the drugs were hidden among sacks of lignite in the back of a truck.

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  • Discussion 3 : 27 Oct 2012 at 09.393

    Definitely agree that at 3 million baht a go the money could have been better spent, education rather than criminalization is a more forward thinking approach surely. But i am sure for crime statistics purposes these will be great.
    It is sad to see the authorities seemingly targeting the end user and the low level go betweens day in and day out. What real progress is being made in this so called war?

  • Discussion 2 : 26 Oct 2012 at 17.472

    Imagine the good for Thai citizens and Thai society were all that money used for something just and useful, like education.

    Imagine all the actual crimes like murder, rape, theft, fraud and corruption that could be prevented or investigated if all those police resources were not wasted on interfering in personal decisions that cause no direct harm to anyone else.

  • Discussion 1 : 26 Oct 2012 at 17.451

    Imagine the good for Thai citizens and Thai society were all that money used for something just and useful, like education.

    Imagine all the actual crimes like murder, rape, theft, fraud and corruption that could be prevented or investigated if all those police resources were not wasted on interfering in personal decisions that cause no direct harm to anyone else.

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