48 ‘restaurant’ goers tested positive for drugs in Khon Khaen province in Thailand’s Northeast in the early hours of this morning. Police found 62 customers in the restaurant. Apart from food, they found alcoholic drinks and packets of crystal methamphetamine on the tables. Empty packets were found in trash cans.
Officers from Ban Pet police station had been tipped off that the restaurant was serving alcohol past the 9pm limit. All 62 were charged with violating measures to contain Covid-19. 48 of the 62 were also charged with using narcotic drugs after taking urine tests. A police major general said the restaurant’s manager was charged with violating the provincial announcement on measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. He said the owner was summoned to hear the same charge.
Another ‘restaurant’ manager was arrested last month in Pattaya for allegedly selling…
