Day: August 19, 2023

August 19 – ONCB burns and destroys narcotics for the 1st time, inviting representatives from Mother of the Land Fund villages across the country. Join to watch the process of destroying drugs after arrest

Saturday 19 August at 10:00 AM Mr. Wichai Chaiyamongkol, secretary-general of the ONCB assigned Mr. Piyasiri Wattanavrangkun, Deputy Secretary-General of the ONCB to be the chairman. Central Office of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board No. 1/2566 “, the total amount is about 25 tons, with representatives from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Royal Thai Police. Narcotics Suppression Bureau Department of Medical Sciences Police Forensic Science Office, Provincial Police Region 1, Highway Patrol Division Bang Pa-In Industrial Estate Representatives from foreign agencies and citizens from the Motherland Fund Village representatives from all over the country participated in the event at Bang Pa-In Industrial Estate. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

On August 18, the past The Narcotics Destruction Working Group of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (Acceptance) examines the weight of narcotics on the list. And preliminary proof by the Color test method by scientists from the Department of Medical Sciences. Then deliver the drugs to the Narcotics Destruction Working Group of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in terms of transport, security and destruction, transporting them to Bang Pa-In Industrial Estate as narcotics in the amount of 2,191.61 kg from 7 cases, totaling 187 The sack is divided into approximately 20 million tablets of methamphetamine or 1,875.34 kg., 9.72 kg. of ice, 7.20 kg. of heroin, and 299.55 kg. of ketamine. After completing the process of burning and destroying narcotics as scheduled on August 19, on August 20, there will be a working group to destroy narcotics in the transport side. Security and destruction Let’s come together to check the order of burning and destroying drugs in the middle again. as well as the collection of ashes for verification To confirm the completion of the burning process to destroy the drug of the medium

Mr. Piyasiri Wattanawarangkul, Deputy Secretary-General of the ONCB, said the ONCB is trying to push for the destruction of drugs faster. Because of the large number of drug seizures, the budget is spent on storage. The Drug Code, announced on December 9, 2021, stipulates that the destruction of drugs can be done without waiting for the case to end. which in some cases may take more than 10 years. for the process of receiving, storing and destroying drugs Can be operated by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board to speed up the destruction of drug trafficking.

This time, we have invited the public sector representatives from the Motherland Fund. jointly examine the process of destroying drugs in the middle According to the principle of transparency and verifiability. In order to achieve the highest efficiency in destroying the drug of the medium Emphasis on the participation of the public sector. because there are more people participating in the event than the government sector And thank you for the support from Bang Pa-In Industrial Estate this time as well.

In addition, there are also working groups from many agencies jointly inspecting both the number, quantity, weight and verifying narcotics in every step so that drugs do not escape from the system until the drugs are destroyed. And confirm that there is no drug escape or drug circulation for sure

Mr. Piyasiri Wattanavrangkun, Deputy Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board, said that the narcotic substance that was burned today was burned with a pyrolytic system. Incineration (Pyrolytic Incineration) is a smokeless combustion. Do not pollute the public who participated in the destruction of drugs. including the environment And the public can watch via facebook Office of the Anti-Drug and Suppression Commission Or report drug clues through the Narcotics Controlled Hotline, Tel. 1386 .-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency

Bangkok, Aug. 19 – Investigating the metropolitan destroys “Khai Huang Gang”, arrests four godfathers of transnational drug trafficking syndicates from Taiwan. Hiding in a luxury house in Thailand set up as a drug trafficking base Hide the axle of the car for sale in Taiwan. and country 3

At 11:00 a.m., Pol. Gen. Chinnaphat Sarasin, Deputy Commissioner of Police as Director of the National Police Commission, Pol. and Pol. Maj. Gen. Teeradet Thammasutee, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police. Action set 5 led to inspect a house in the Krungthep Kreetha area. Arrested 6 Taiwanese suspects and 1 Thai woman with seizure of narcotics, 10 kilograms of marijuana, 29 pills of Five Five, about 1 kilogram of ice, 17 grams of ketamine, 1 packet of Happy Water, and 17 steel bars in the middle of the truck. A device to convert, he said, to hide more than 15 drugs with a very subtle crime plan “hiding in the axle of the car” to deceive the inspection of the officers.

Pol. Gen. Chinnaphatra revealed that this arrest had 6 key suspects, such as Mr. Sheng Yan Ming or Khai Huang, the leader of the gang, Mr. Chen Yu Ning, nicknamed Kha Lai, Mr. Lin Che. Cheng, Mr. Chen Yi Wen and Ms. Apinya, another Thai woman (escaped from the country) check all Taiwanese have an arrest warrant for drug cases in Taiwan before fleeing to Thailand through the channel nature come to rent a luxury house In Bangkok and suburbs at a price of 60,000 baht to 100,000 baht, with drugs found to be imported from neighboring countries of Thailand. Samlieng came and hid in a house in Bang Phli area, province. Samut Prakan before bringing ice marijuana to stuff the axle of the car at the house in the Krungthep Kreetha area to export to Taiwan and third countries which if emanating to the third country In the past, drug suppression, especially the transport of ice to Taiwan, was often found in a variety of forms, such as putting it on a treadmill, a car machine, a vase, or furniture. way to deceive the officer According to the investigation Initially, he had to claim that it was only a test, but he had not succeeded. before being arrested by the authorities But the officials did not believe the testimony.

In addition, the force was also brought in to search another luxury house in the Bang Phli area. of such process found as a source of production and mixed with the drug Happy Water, which is often found in drug parties Sold at entertainment venues in the Bangkok area. and distributed through Chinese KTV channels Found that a bag of famous collagen was put in the drug from the discovery of the middle of Ice Ketamine Five Five, including many empty envelopes, blenders. At this point, five suspects were arrested, including a search operation of 2 houses, 2 points, a group of 6 suspects.

Maj. Gen. Teeradet said that the metropolitan investigators Together with the students of the Criminal Investigation Course, Class 111, it took more than 3 months to expand the investigation. Previously, he was informed by a spy of a group of tattooed Taiwanese men. Coordinated to him Therefore sent a team to track until finding more than 10 shafts and expanding the results until finding drugs, which is a transnational drug trafficking movement, level 4 “Taiwan Drug King” with Mr. Khai Huang as the leader, but Being chased by an arrest warrant from Taiwan, he then escaped to hide in Thailand. Until August 18, the news found that preparing to move the shaft went on a marine transport ship, therefore brought a criminal court warrant to search both of the aforementioned houses // at the first point, entering a luxury house in the Bang Phli Samut Prakan area which the Taiwanese come to rent for about 100, 000 baht per month It is a hidden place for drugs that were transported from the northern areas. and is the source of Happy Water drug production and distribution in entertainment venues Before another set of accused brought drugs to be packed into the axle bar. at a villa in the Krungthep Kreetha area Which is rented at a price of 60,000 baht per month

Investigating the head of the confession movement claimed that seven months ago he was arrested by Taiwanese police and made a loud news about hiring a lawyer to fight the bail case before fleeing to Thailand secretly boarding a cargo ship for more than 15 days until arriving in Cambodia first. Escaping into Thailand through natural channels With a participant named “Xiao Pang” in Taiwan waiting to receive drugs that he sent from Thailand. but saw the news about smuggling drugs and heroin by pushing into the car chassis and welding it to cover, making it impossible to check easily, so try to do it by buying the car axle in Chonburi Province and buying drugs Addicted to come from a Taiwanese friend before coming to action, wanting to put on the axle. Initially, they were charged with jointly distributing narcotics intended for unauthorized distribution. Which is an action for trade and causes spread among the people.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency

From a shared commitment to crisis consultation to the “principles” of trilateral engagement, the outcomes from this week’s landmark summit between South Korea, the United States and Japan are likely to put their once-fragile security cooperation on a more robust, sustainable, consistent footing, analysts said Saturday.

President Yoon Suk Yeol and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida, adopted a series of documents committing each other to sturdier three-way cooperation during their historic summit at Camp David in Maryland on Friday, underscoring their deepening solidarity amid North Korea’s saber-rattling, China’s assertiveness and Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The documents entailed agreements to consult with one another in the event of a common threat and hold three-way talks between the leaders, foreign ministers, defense ministers and national security advisers at least annually, as well as an intention to hold annual “multi-domain” military exercises on a regular basis.

They represented telltale signs of the three-way partnership being institutionalized as a thaw in the relations between Seoul and Tokyo — long fraught with historical and territorial spats — has created an opening for the three nations to close ranks and confront shared challenges.

“We made history with the first-ever standalone summit between the leaders of our three countries as well as our commitment to meet together on the leader level annually and to have all our relative Cabinet member people meet on a regular basis from this point on, not just this year, not next year, forever,” Biden told reporters at Camp David, a place that he said symbolizes the “power of new beginnings and new possibilities.”

“In the months and years ahead, we’re going to continue to seize those possibilities together … unwavering in our unity and unmatched in our resolve,” he added.

Just years ago, the scene of the three leaders meeting trilaterally in a stand-alone setting with such a level of unity was seldom anticipated as historical grievances stemming from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea have gotten in the way of attempts at deepening trilateral cooperation.

Even more so as tensions spilled over into economic and security domains as witnessed in export control rows between Seoul and Tokyo as well as a rancorous spat over low-altitude flybys by Japanese maritime patrol aircraft over South Korean warships in 2018 and 2019.

But the Yoon administration’s decision in March to resolve the issue of Japan’s wartime forced labor has given rise to a thaw in the bilateral ties, while North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats have underscored the urgency for the two neighbors to patch things up.

In the midst of an intensifying Sino-U.S. rivalry, Biden has been seen promoting rapprochement between Seoul and Tokyo, apparently harnessing his experience as vice president during the Barack Obama administration that helped foster a thaw between the neighbors as seen in a 2015 deal to address the issue of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery.

A series of agreements contained in their summit documents marked a culmination of tripartite efforts to bring three-way cooperation to what officials have called a “new height.”

Yoon, Biden and Kishida adopted the documents, titled the “Camp David Principles,” the “Commitment to Consult,” and the “Spirit of Camp David,” to chart a future course of their cooperation on a sustainable and consistent basis as well as a wider range of areas, including defense, economic security and technology.

Their summit agreements also highlighted their tightening alignment on geopolitically sensitive issues, like those concerning the South China Sea — a crucial waterway plagued by competing territorial claims — and Taiwan, the self-governed democratic island that China claims as its territory.

On the North Korean front, the three leaders agreed to operationalize the real-time sharing of North Korean missile warning data by the end of this year, establish a new trilateral working group to combat North Korea’s cyberthreats and block its cyber-enabled sanctions evasion, and hold annual multi-domain exercises regularly.

These agreements are bound to rile North Korea and China, but security uncertainties stemming from them have driven Seoul, Washington and Tokyo to such a level of cooperation short of what could amount to a formal collective defense mechanism, analysts said.

“The agreements highlight that three-way cooperation is being institutionalized to ensure that it would not swing or fluctuate due to a leadership change or other factors in each other’s capital,” Kim Yeol-su, a senior security expert at the Korea Institute for Military Affairs, said.

“With the countries’ cooperation regularized among the leaders, foreign and defense ministers and national security advisers, it can gain greater sustainability, continuity and predictability,” he added.

U.S. officials indicated that the Camp David summit agreements centered on efforts to “lock in” three-way engagement and make it difficult to “backtrack.”

“Today, we are going to lay a strong foundation for this trilateral partnership to make sure that it’s deep, it is strong and that it’s built to last,” U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters before the summit.

“We’re opening a new era and we’re making sure that era has staying power … So that means regularizing meetings between our leaders and our senior officials on an annual basis to discuss the broad agenda of security technology, regional strategy, economic partnership and more,” he added.

Despite such an upbeat assessment, there are still variables that could potentially hamper the implementation of summit agreements.

Nam Chang-hee, a professor of political science at Inha University, took note of possible “constraints,” such as lingering historical tensions between South Korea and Japan, China’s expected resistance to the closer-knit three-way partnership and U.S. domestic politics, where there are undercurrents of isolationism.

“Still, it’s a meaningful move towards optimized trilateral cooperation,” Nam said.

The summit agreement on the “commitment to consult” in the event of a crisis added to the speculation that Seoul, Washington and Tokyo are on course to create a formal alliance, but officials have dismissed the notion.

“It is not a formal alliance commitment, it is not a collective defense commitment that is lifted from an early Cold War security treaty,” a U.S. administration official told reporters earlier this week.

Source: Yonhap News Agency