Huge kratom bust in Thalang, Thailand

[enquirewithin]

Hate to see this happen...
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Huge kratom bust in Thalang

http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/in...ch=yes&Id=5791

THALANG: Police seized about 2,000 kilograms of kratom leaves and cut down kratom trees up to 15 meters tall at a house in Thalang last Thursday.

In what is believed to be the biggest kratom bust in the district, officers raided the house in Tambon Sri Soontorn after obtaining a search warrant, applied for after an investigation led to a tip-off.

Lt Col Kritthana Poothiluecha of Thalang Police Station told the Gazette that the home belonged to motorcycle taxi driver Jin Meechai.

In the back yard of the home, located behind Wat Tha Rua, police found 12 kratom trees ranging in height from 10 to 15 meters.

“Jin confessed to selling kratom to construction workers so they could work harder. He planted the trees and started selling it years ago. Police found them and cut them down,”Col Kritthana said.

“I think this is the biggest kratom bust we’ve ever had. However, we are following his connections to investigate whether we can make more arrests,” he added.

Native to Thailand, kratom leaves act as a stimulant when ingested. Although long used by manual laborers in Thailand, the local leaf recently has been gaining favor with wayward youngsters.

However, instead of smoking the dried leaf, younger users, especially in the South, prefer to drink a mix of kratom broth with their favorite soda pop or for a more dramatic effect inhale fumes from a boiling kratom broth mixed with domestic cleaner.

Jin, 53, was charged with possession and sale of kratom, listed along with marijuana as a Category 5 narcotic under the Narcotics Act of 1979.

Jin is being held at Thalang Police Station, pending bail.

[tayo]

kratom is going to go extinct wtf.

[fnord]

Originally Posted by tayo

kratom is going to go extinct wtf.

nah my good buddys working on making that not happen,theres many sites you can order plants/cutting/seeds from.

[tayo]

haha yippie! swim ate his plant, the latitude just wasn't workin out for it. hopefully it won't become as scarce as peyote when it's made illegal in the u.s. which it likely will be at some point unfortunately.

[Pomzazed]

Kratom wont extinct!
Someone's Firecat lives in Thailand, and Kratom is native plant growing throuhout the southern part of the country naturally everywhere.

[realfolkblues]

Live plants are for sale for around 50 dollars. Swim says this would be a good investment.