BANGKOK, June 16 — Nearly 100 civil servants and local community leaders in the Thailand’s Northern region of have been involved in drug dealing, according to Provincial Police Region 5.
Pol Maj Gen Chamnan Ruadrew, Deputy Commander of Provincial Police Region 5, overseeing the upper Northern provinces, said today that nearly 100 civil servants and local leaders in the region were proved to be involved in drug trafficking.
Gen Chamnam reported the officials and governors on the list to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), requesting the NCPO to summon them for talks before transferring them out of the areas.
A random urine drug test was also conducted on police officers under the Provincial Police Region 5 on Monday with none proving positive.
Meanwhile, Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) Secretary-General Apichart Jeerawuth and Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Secretary General Poli Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen aunched a drug awareness campaign in five schools in Bangkok which are currently on a drug trafficking watchlist.
The campaign is set to provide an opportunity for parents, guardians, teachers and students to participate in order to reduce drug risk behaviour and prevent drug abuse among students.
