Public Health Bureau inspects Pattaya, arrests 8 shops selling illegal marijuana bouquets, confiscates them and immediately prosecutes Set a bail amount of no more than 10,000 baht per person before filing a lawsuit.
On 8 January 2023 Dr Thongchai Lertvilairattanapong Director General of the Department of Traditional and Alternative Thai Medicine The case of finding the sale of marijuana bouquets on Walking Street and Soi Buakhao was mentioned. A popular tourist destination in Pattaya City, Chonburi Province, on January 6, 2018, after visiting Walking Street Pattaya, three criminals were found, two of them were selling controlled herbs (marijuana) without permission and another was violating the condition of not show the licence.
Regarding Soi Buakhao area 6 shops and entrepreneurs were inspected, 4 criminals were found, selling controlled herb processing (marijuana) and (one thousand boats) into hawkers, roadside stalls without permission, 3 shops selling marijuana flower bouquets without consent. 1 case and 1 case did not show the license, waiting for administrative order to suspend the license Total 8 criminals in Pattaya City area
Thongchai Dr He further said that Chonburi Provincial Police Station officials notified the police to seize, freeze the objects, order them to close, and send police officers to arrest and prosecute. According to the legal process at the Pattaya City Police Station The police officer set a bail amount of not more than 10,000 baht per person to be brought to the Pattaya District Court. proceed to the next sequence Considered an offense under Section 46 in the case of the sale or processing of a controlled herb. without consent Penalty provisions are in accordance with Section 78 of the Act on the Protection and Promotion of the Wisdom of Traditional Thai Medicine, 1999, which specifies a penalty of imprisonment for one year, a fine not exceeding 20,000 baht, or both.
