Drug court urged
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A special court to hear drugrelated cases should be established to cope with the growing number of arrests and prosecutions, the chairman of a House committee on antinarcotics and moneylaundering operations proposed yesterday.
Pheu Thai MP Prasert Janthornruangthong said the socalled “drug trial court” would also ease prison overcrowding, shorten drugrelated trials, and speed up court hearings and processes in cases which are slow or unnecessarily delayed due to excessive case loads.
Speaking yesterday after a meeting, he said the panel had agreed that the General Court of Justice was capable of expanding its operations to accommodate drugrelated cases and the drug court could be possible if the police and public prosecution sector considered the proposal.
Police recently arrested two university seniors for allegedly possessing 4,800 amphetamine tablets and 71 grams of ice flakes. Direk Sukhonthasang and Jiraphorn Choorat, were arrested at a Bangkok mall, and have been charged with possessing illegal drugs with intent to sell.
