Raid on unlicensed Bang Lamung cannabis shop seizes 20.2 kg of cannabis
Authorities raided the unlicensed "Suan Nai Moss" cannabis shop in Bang Lamung on 2 September 2025, detaining the 29-year-old operator and seizing 20.245 kg of dried cannabis alongside tramadol, cough syrup, untaxed cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
🇹🇭 Suan Nai Moss shop, Chaiyaphruek 2 Road, Huai Yai, Bang Lamung, Chonburi · Thailand
Local authorities raided a cannabis shop named “Suan Nai Moss” on Chaiyaphruek 2 Road in Huai Yai subdistrict, Bang Lamung, at about 4:36 p.m. on 2 September 2025.[1][2]The raid, led by Bang Lamung District Chief Patcharapat Sritanyanon, followed complaints to the district’s Damrongdhama Centre and an undercover sting that found the shop openly selling cannabis, tramadol and illicit tobacco.[1][2]
Officers seized20.245 kilograms of dried cannabis and cannabis buds.[1][2]They also confiscated 52 bottles of cough and antihistamine syrups, 18 strips of tramadol, 105 packs of untaxed cigarettes and 32 e-cigarettes, and found more cannabis and e-cigarettes hidden in vehicles parked behind the shop.[1][2]
The shop’s operator, identified only as 29-year-old Mr. Ek, was detained and handed over to Huai Yai Police Station for legal proceedings.[1][2]Although cannabis is decriminalised in Thailand, its sale requires a licence and documentation, which the shop did not have.[1]The shop had previously operated solely as a boiled-kratom-drink vendor and had been raided several times before.[1][2]
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Officers examine seized vaping products and holsters laid out on a car during the Suan Nai Moss raid.Photo details
Thailand's government said 12,279 cannabis shops nationwide hold licences and that inspectors will suspend the licences of those selling without prescriptions, advertising, allowing smoking on the premises or selling online, with revocation for a second offence. Sixty-six appeals against suspension or revocation orders were filed in 2026, including 31 from Bangkok and 15 from Phuket.
Administrative and public-health officers raided an unlicensed cannabis shop on Ratsada Road in Mueang Phuket on 4 November 2026, arresting the 41-year-old female owner. They seized 36 cannabis items, seven other items and 123,290 baht in cash and handed the case to Mueang Phuket police for prosecution.
Immigration police and narcotics officials raided a cannabis storage and packing warehouse in Sam Wa Tawan Tok, Bangkok, on 31 October 2026, arresting 14 foreign nationals. Two Vietnamese suspects faced drug and immigration charges, while 12 other Vietnamese and Myanmar nationals were charged under immigration and work laws.
Immigration police raided a rented three-storey house in Bang Khen after neighbours complained about the smell and found more than five tonnes of cannabis flowers. Five foreign nationals sorting the flowers were detained; the licence the operation relied on had been issued for another province.
