Pharmacist accused of supplying narcotics makers
A senior pharmacist at an Udon Thani hospital has been disciplined and is subject to a criminal investigation for allegedly embezzling the profits from the sale of a large amount of cold medicine containing a precursor chemical used to make amphetamines.
The unnamed official is accused of forging reports that 65,000 tablets of the pseudoephedrinebased medicine, contained in 130 bottles, had been delivered to another hospital, when in fact he had sold them and kept the proceeds, said Dr Phichart Dolchalermyutthana, director of the provincial hospital and the official’s superior.
He has been transferred pending a disciplinary investigation, and will also be subject to asset seizure if police find that he knowingly sold tablets to drug dealers, Dr Phichart said.
The pharmacist faces five to 20 years’ imprisonment and/or a fine of Bt100,000 to Bt400,000 if convicted.
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