The Narcotics Suppression Bureau ( NSB ) claims that it has three months to accomplish Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s goal of eradicating drugs and trafficking in 25 of the country’s worst-affected provinces.
When Mr. Srettha declared that medicine eradication is a federal concern, he told the government of his intention to eliminate illegal medicines in the provinces on May 7.
He set a three-month date for state authorities to address the issue.
In response to Mr Srettha’s drug suppression initiative, the Bangkok Post spoke toNSB director Pol Lt Gen Khirisak Tantinvachaiabout what the bureau plans to do.
” I’m convinced the NSB will be able to achieve the perfect minister’s purpose by the deadline”, he said.
” I think the plan is feasible, with remarkable results anticipated every 90 days.”
Such a plan and deadline, according to Pol Lt Gen Khirisak, are not new for NSB soldiers, who are frequently cracking down on drug dealers.
He claimed that the Narcotics Act of December 8, 2021, classified opioid substances into various categories and gave treatment as well as legal procedures, which were in accordance with UN recommendations.
Setting a timeframe and working on drug use prevention actively contribute more to the problem than a quarterly assessment, he said.
” An evaluation conducted in every fourth helps reduce the likelihood of opioid drug spread in the nation.” ‘
Substance Control
The NSB has a lot of concepts, according to Pol Lt Gen Khirisak, on which it can bring. One is to control solvent substances, including phenol poison, sodium cyanide, sulfuric acid, aniline, acetonitrile, acetone, chloroform, and toluene.
He claimed that transportation ships departing straight from Asian nations were more likely to import these items.
For vessels are likely to be registered with a non-existent stock in Yangon or similar to avoid the government ‘ notice.
If those items have n’t been seized, they are likely to enter drug production networks along the nation’s northern and western borders, according to Pol Lt Gen Khirisak.
According to him, the majority of Myanmar’s ethnic group employees are members of these organizations because they need money to fund inner conflict in the country.
On June 7, NSB officers seized more than 90 tonnes of catalyst substances at Chon Buri’s Laem Chabang jetty, giving an example of NSB officials who did the same.
The ship was reportedly leaving Busan in South Korea on May 29 and carrying goods that were headed for a functioning shop in Myanmar.
If the ship had reached its destination, he claimed that the drag would have produced at least 270 million meth medications. Ya glacier, a substance that makes up cocaine, and other diamond cocaine could also be used to make them.
According to Pol Lt. Gen. Khirisak, the government seized 720 million meth tablets last year and 800 million in the first three quarters of this year.
The NSB’s success is largely due to small dealer arrests, which often enable officers to launch their investigation against at least 80 % of the major networks with at least 500, 000 methamphetamine pills in stock and 48 % of smaller-seized networks with 100, 000 to 500, 000 pills in stock.
According to Pol Lt Gen Khirisak, the technique has also resulted in attacks on 10 % of drug sites at the neighborhood level.
Downtown danger
Pol Lt Gen Khirisak said the biggest problem is the spread of medicines in downtown places, despite the fact that the majority of opiate drugs are more likely to be manufactured at the borders.
He claimed that some traders pick up their goods from the factory before moving them to cities and industrial areas.
” We are then focused on preventing the drugs from entering city and urban places,” said Pol Lt. Gen. Khirisak, “because retailers also have a strategy to keep transporting medicines.”
The officers, particularly the NSB, are tasked with preventing the drug trade in urban and city places, while the men are in charge of drug control at the borders.
High-risk counties
He claimed that since last October, the government and state business organizations have been addressing the issues in particular regions.
Those were 25 high-risk regions, such as Bangkok, Chon Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Surat Thani.
There are five counties in the heavy South that are also considered high-risk, especially Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani, Satun, and Songkhla, he said.
Pol Lt Gen Khirisak said Pol Gen Kraiboon Suadsong, a policeman inspector-general, led a captain program in Roi Et and Nan, counties with higher levels of opioid drug use.
More soldiers and a larger expenditure, according to Pol Lt Gen Khirisak, are necessary for the project’s success.