BANGKOK, 31 January 2018 (NNT) –Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has urged security units to eradicate drugs networks and foreign mafias, said Defense Ministry Spokesman Lt Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich.

He said the deputy premier has put the security agencies on high alert to protect the society from harms in relation to any drugs networks or crimes.

The order apparently followed a report which shows a large number of drugs being smuggled into Thailand with manufacturing sites and warehouses in foreign countries, while drugs networks might be associated with other crimes.

The police were instructed to hold a conference on 1 February 2018 to orchestrate a coordinated arrests of drug lords nationwide along with the suppression of foreign mafias in Thailand, particularly among some 8,000 foreign nationals illegally overstaying in this country who might be found associated with international criminal gangs.

The operations will root out supporters of these illegal networks and government officials involved to prevent possibilities of repeated offenses.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Security units instructed to bust drugs networks, foreign mafias