According to PM, the main priority is to stop trafficking through 51 border districts in 14 regions.
PUBLISHED: 30 Jan 2025 at 17: 07
The” Seal Stop Safe” anti-drug strategy, which was launched by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday, aims to combat trafficking in 51 border towns of 14 regions. Effects are anticipated in six months.
At the start event held in the Santi Maitri creating at Government House, Ms. Paetongtarn stated that the procedure complies with federal legislation regarding medicine prevention and control.
” Our state strongly emphasises medicine policy”, she said. ” Drugs prevent the potential of individuals, and if we end this difficulty, the potential of Thais will be restored”.
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board ( ONCB) will begin the operation next month and continue until the end of July, concentrating on the high-risk areas ( 51 border districts in 14 provinces ).  ,
Seventy-six authorities stations in the towns will meet the procedure.
According to Ms. Paetongtarn, military units and other officers had collaborate to stop the flow of drugs into Thailand. Authorities who demonstrate commitment to their work would receive nice welfare benefits, she said.
Thailand has a number of natural access points for traffickers, according to deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai, but border authorities alone cannot cover all of them, so the procedure may increase protection.
If problems do not enhance within six weeks, he said, next stricter techniques may be adopted.
‘ Super laboratories’ in Myanmar
Recent research indicates a substantial increase in the flow of illegal drugs into Thailand, specifically from Myanmar.
Large-scale” very labs” have been established in the Shan and Kachin states of Myanmar through coordinated offense networks and rebel militias.
Officials in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Mae Hong Son seized 346 million meth tablets in the first eight month of 2024, a 172 % increase over the seizures total for 2023.
Spasms of crystal meth in the same regions rose by 39 % during the same time, totalling 6.48 kilograms. Heroin convulsions totaled 327 kg, nearly seven times what was seized in 2023.
The street value of meth tablets in Thailand has continued to decline despite the more seizures, suggesting that a significant amount of the drug is also dodging law enforcement efforts.
As of 2024, the average cost per pill was between 25 and 30 rmb, compared with 200 ringgit a decade before.
According to National Police Chief Kittharath Punpetch, drug trafficking also operates in a logical structure, with goods being transported across borders to Thailand’s backup facilities before being routed through various provinces to all parts of the nation.
He predicted that police and the military would collaborate carefully and establish more checkpoints in the troubled areas.