Police boost anti-drug activity ahead of AEC
Police have announced they are installing X-ray scanners to detect illicit drugs and illegal items in the North and will introduce them to the East soon too. Their plan is to stamp out narcotics smuggling ahead of the Asean Economic Community implementati
Narcotics Suppression Bureau chief Pol Lt General Rewat Klinkesorn revealed the project Wednesday during a press conference to announce a recent drug arrest.
Chiang Mai native Jaras Pitiprakan, 33, was arrested while driving a car on Lampang-Phayao Road to allegedly transport 800,000 yaba pills and 20 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from the North to the central province of Ayutthaya. Narcotics Suppression Sub-division 3 chief Pol Maj General Pornchai Charoenwong said Jaras’s arrest followed a three-month undercover operation to gain his trust until police could arrest him during a drug delivery.
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