Time for drug policy rethink
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Editorial Bangkok Post editorial column
published : 17 Jan 2021 at 04:00
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The deaths of nine people last week from the overdose of a deadly new drug a combination of heroin, ketamine, methamphetamine and sleep medication is a shock.
The bizarre deaths, so many in one day, were unprecedented. Six were under the jurisdiction of Phraya Krai police station, and the rest reported by the Sai Mai and Suthisan police stations.
The term k-nom pong powdered milk ketamine baffles the public. The authorities are also looking into another ketamine concoction called Talaysai , which is much stronger than the milk powder formula.
64 Sniffer dogs seek out illegal drugs on Monday in the area around Wat Phraya Krai in the capital. Arnun Chonmahatrakool
The national police chief has pledged to crack down on a new illegal drug cocktail known as k-powdered milk after six people died in Bangkok on the same day after using it.
National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk said police could not yet confirm whether the substance, which looks like powdered milk, was a combination of ketamine and sleeping pills as speculated, as the results of the autopsies had not yet been released.
Some reports said it also contained methamphetamine and heroin.
500kg crystal meth concealed in phone booth call boxes
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published : 30 Dec 2020 at 14:50
13 Packages containing 500kg of crystal meth and other drugs were found hidden inside phone booth call boxes in these containers, during a raid on a house in Khon Kaen on Tuesday. (Photo: Narcotics Suppression Bureau)
Half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine, 1.2 million speed pills and other drugs were found concealed in phone booth call boxes ready for delivery from the Northeast to the South of Thailand.
Six suspects were also arrested when Narcotics Suppression Bureau police raided a house in Khon Kaen on Tuesday.
They were among 11 suspects arrested in six cases in which a total of 500 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, 1.79 million meth pills, 1.5kg of cocaine, 1kg of ketamine and 200 ecstasy pills were seized, Pol Gen Manu Mekmok, deputy national police chief, told reporters on Wednesday. (continues below)
Police link couple to heroin case
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published : 21 Dec 2020 at 06:30
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A Chiang Mai couple on vacation in Tak were arrested by police over the weekend for allegedly planning to traffic 228 kilogrammes of heroin from a warehouse in Nonthaburi to Taiwan.
Pol Lt Gen Montri Yimyaem, chief of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB), told a press briefing on Sunday the suspects husband and wife were fishing at a reservoir near the Bhumibol Dam in Tak province when narcotics-suppression police arrested them.
He said police raided a warehouse in Nonthaburi on Wednesday and confiscated the drugs. A suspected female drug peddler, who was arrested at the scene, reportedly told police the narcotics belonged to her bosses who wanted to traffic them to Taiwan.