News:2013-02-22/Eradication/police-destroy-a-100-rai-opium-field-interplanted-with-cannabis-in-mae-sam-muen-forest-reserve-mae-ramat

NewsEradication22 February 2013

Police destroy a 100-rai opium field interplanted with cannabis in Mae Sam Muen forest reserve, Mae Ramat

TeeNee.com, crediting the newspaper Matichon, reported that a team led by Police General Chalermkiat Srivorakan, a police adviser, with Border Patrol Police companies 337, 344 and 345, inspected Mae Sam Muen National Reserve Forest in Mae Tuen subdistrict of Mae Ramat and the adjoining Omkoi National Reserve Forest in Chiang Mai. They found 250 rai of forest cleared and 100 rai planted with opium poppies, with cannabis interplanted throughout the plots. All the poppies and cannabis found were ordered destroyed. The commander of the police Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division said a group of financiers had hired Hmong and Karen people to plant and tend the fields.

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PlaceMae Ramat DistrictTak ProvinceThailand

Growing regionWestern Thailand

AgencyRoyal Thai Police; Border Patrol Police; Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division

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2013-02-22 Eradication Police destroy a 100-rai opium field interplanted with cannabis in Mae Sam Muen forest reserve, Mae Ramat TeeNee.com, crediting the newspaper Matichon, reported that a team led by Police General Chalermkiat Srivorakan, a police adviser, with Border Patrol Police companies 337, 344 and 345, inspected Mae Sam Muen National Reserve Forest in Mae Tuen subdistrict of Mae Ramat and the adjoining Omkoi National Reserve Forest in Chiang Mai. They found 250 rai of forest cleared and 100 rai planted with opium poppies, with cannabis interplanted throughout the plots. All the poppies and cannabis found were ordered destroyed. The commander of the police Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division said a group of financiers had hired Hmong and Karen people to plant and tend the fields. https://tnews.teenee.com/crime/91798.html Thailand Tak Province Mae Ramat District Western Thailand Royal Thai Police; Border Patrol Police; Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division