20 cannabis plants destroyed in Mae Sariang; one detained
Mae Sariang police cut down about 20 cannabis plants mixed with rice at Ban Huai Haeng and detained resident Chan Pha-thai Phongphaew. He admitted growing the cannabis and was handed to investigators on drug-production and unlicensed-firearm allegations.
🇹🇭 Ban Huai Haeng, Mae Khong, Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son · Thailand
Mae Sariang police detained Chan Pha-thai Phongphaew, of house No. 16 in village
11, inside a hut in the cannabis-growing area.[1]Police accused him of
producing a category-5 narcotic, cannabis, and of possessing firearms and
ammunition without permission.[1]Chan admitted that the seized cannabis was
his and that he had planted it.[1]He said the 12-gauge shotgun belonged to
his father-in-law, Pha Khaew Hae, and that he had borrowed it.[1]Officers
took the suspect and the seized items to the Mae Sariang inquiry officer for
prosecution.[1]
The team cut down and destroyed about 20 cannabis plants.[1]A search of the
hut found one 12-gauge shotgun, serial D635191, seven 12-gauge rounds, one
homemade gun and one set of cap ammunition.[1]
Mae Hong Son governor Thongchai Wongrianthong ordered Mae Sariang police to cut
down and destroy an illegally planted cannabis field in Mae Sariang district.[1]The governor spoke as director of the provincial anti-drug operations
centre.[1]On 15 October, police entered the field at Ban Huai Haeng, village
11, Mae Khong subdistrict, where cannabis had been planted mixed in with a rice
field.[1]
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Si Sawat district chief Narit Songnipitkun led police, soldiers and volunteers up Khao Bo Luk Rang in Kanchanaburi on 1 October 2018 and cut down 140 cannabis plants grown in forest behind a hut. No one was found at the site; police were to investigate to identify the growers.
