The Public Health Ministry expected the Council of State to soon approve the draft ministerial regulation on narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances, specifically regarding the minimum quantity a person should possess to be subjected to investigation, so that the ministry could announce it before June 18.

Minister of Justice Somsak Thepsuthin has set a target of seizing 100 billion baht in assets from those involved in the narcotics trade this fiscal year and is promising to raise the target if his party is reelected.