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Children Being Used To Smuggle Drugs Into Thailand
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n940/a06.html
Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Sat, 26 Jun 2004
Source: Chiangmai Mail (Thailand)
Copyright: 2004 Chiangmai Mail
Contact: cnxmail@loxinfo.co.th
Website: http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3105
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(Youth)
CHILDREN BEING USED TO SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO THAILAND
44 Adult Suspects On Wanted List
A training and refresher course in drug suppression was held for police
inspectors and deputy police inspectors of the Chiang Rai Provincial
Police recently.
Experts gave advice on how to track down drug dealers and their
networks, which have recently changed their strategies to deceive law
enforcement officers. It was noted that drug dealers have adapted
their operations by using children and hill tribes people to smuggle
drugs into Thailand from neighboring countries for distribution.
Provincial authorities have also arranged the 10th "Doing Good
Things for the Country" project at the 1st Territorial Security
Volunteers Company in Chiang Rai.
Since the government re-launched its "War on Drugs" campaign
on February 1, the distribution of drugs has been suppressed in many,
but not all, areas.
The National Drug Combating Operation Center instructed relevant
organizations to monitor more closely those suspected of being involved
in drug dealing. The suppression operations in Chiang Rai have
drawn up a list of 44 suspected drug traffickers, of whom three are from
Muang district, three from Chiang Saen, nine from Wiang Chai and 29 from
Wiang Kaen district.
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