MGR Online – “Secretary of the NACC” moves forward to stop drugs in line with the national agenda Accelerate the arrest of the network according to 8,040 arrest warrants, fleeing from neighboring countries Expand the consequences of confiscation of assets, set a target of 100 billion baht
Today (October 19), Mr. Wichai Chaiongkol, secretary general of the Narcotics Control Board (NACC) that the NACC has a national level policy and plan on the protection The Program for the Prevention and Solving of Drug Problems 2023 – 2027 includes six plans for drug prevention policies and plans. This will be done in conjunction with the property confiscation policy and plan. Anti-narcotics will only become more effective when the number of arrests of accomplices is expanded. to destroy the entire trade network This will lead to confiscation of the offender’s property. because knowing that the criminal has a desire for money Including wanting to have assets to occupy, the NACC will cut the water pipes, that is, there must be a drug crackdown.
Wichai said tackling drugs alone is not enough. measures must be taken to confiscate assets along with because of drug trafficking have a network group Many people are involved. If only the criminals are hired to transport There will be no property to confiscate. Therefore, what is important is a matter of expanding the impact of the arrest case Expansion to cover the entire process and the network, from the carrier, the manager, the operator, the money, the other business operators. for all drugs leading to measures for confiscation of assets and punishment
“Therefore, the entire drug must be arrested. And investigate the consequences of the property and the matter of investigating the criminal’s financial path. and use measures to seize assets together In the 2023 financial year, the NACC aims to expand the investigation to approximately 1,000 networks and seize 100 billion baht in assets.”
Mr Wichai also said about the method of arresting the accused under the warrant of arrest Currently, there are 8,040 suspects under warrants of arrest, including criminals. Where arrest warrant fugitives fled to neighboring countries, these groups were found to involve drug makers and individuals who already had an arrest warrant. as credibility credibility to help confirm that these groups are not undercover agents. and another is Know more about the trade groups of the country of origin This makes it possible to be an intermediary to bring drugs from the source of production to our country. on the other hand, so the most important thing is the Cooperation of neighboring countries to arrest these fugitive criminals and bring them to prosecution There is a warrant of arrest and escape.
“In the past, the NACC has coordinated the arrest of key drug dealers. together with Myanmar and Laos For a case of a crime abroad must wait for the prosecution in that country to be completed being sent back to continue For those who have an arrest warrant, the NACC can bring the arrest warrant for the offender to review the case retrospectively. to confiscate property Whether it is an account with financial movements and then use more measures to expand the confiscation effect even if the criminal could not be caught and can continue to confiscate assets to the Drug Prevention and Suppression Fund, ” said Mr Wichai.
Wichai also said that Mr. From the statistics of the arrest of drug cases by the Royal Thai Police There are litigation results from 2019 to 2022. For the year 2019, there are 373,598 cases, with 389,520 suspects, and the overall picture is likely to decrease all year until 2022, there are 258,629 cases, with a total of 266,726 suspects during that time. over the last 4 years, the number of individuals under suspicion and the number of cases has decreased by almost a hundred thousand. Drug cases also fell. but it will oppose in the matter of confiscation called the inverse interaction. We can see that in the last year 2019 – 2020, the Office of the Civil Service Commission confiscated less than 1,000 million baht, but in 2021, we confiscated more than 7 billion baht and in 2022, we confiscated more than 11 billion baht, and this year Aim for 100,000 million baht.
