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'Speed pill' production on sharp ri



Subject: 'Speed pill' production on sharp rise 

                                                            
                                       November 28, 1998 

                     NARCOTICS

 'Speed pill'
 production on sharp
 rise

 Somsak Suksai
 Lampang

 The smuggling of drug precursors from Burma and Laos across the
 northern border into the country is on a sharp rise, according to the
 Chiang Mai-based Northern Narcotics Control Centre.

 Maethee Wongpradit of the NNCC said amphetamine precursors,
 mostly from China, have been smuggled into the north of Thailand,
 especially across the Burmese and Laotian borders, for the production
 of speed pills and that the problem was becoming more serious by the
 day.

 "The NNCC and other intelligence agencies know of at least 22
 amphetamine production plants across the Burmese and Laotian
 borders and at least 12 in Thailand. The NNCC is planning to crack
 down on these plants," he added.

 "We have tried on many occasions but failed to arrest the masterminds
 of the narcotics trade. Some local politicians, police and army officers
 are also prime suspects along with some of the country's leading
 businessmen," Mr Maethee said.

 The NNCC is scheduled to set up some 139 drug suppression units
 next month while the Office of the Narcotics Control Board plans to
 establish drug suppression centres in all the country's provinces with a
 134-million-baht budget.

 Pornthep Iamprapai of the NNCC said Chiang Rai, in particular the
 Thai-Lao border areas in Chiang Khong and Chiang Saen districts
 ranked top among popular gateways for drug smuggling into Thailand,
 followed by Chiang Mai and many other provinces in the upper North.

                                                       
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