Six vendors were fined THB5,000 (US$140) for violating cannabis sales regulations in the Thonglor area, with three of them accused of selling fake permits.
The police have been making a public show of searching Khaosan Road and the Thonglor area in recent weeks, slapping wrists and fining those suspected of violating the few rules controlling cannabis. The authorities said that they found three owners of mobile weed trucks had forged their provisional sales licenses.
Five truck owners and one dispensary owner around Thonglor were fined THB5,000 each for lacking permission to sell cannabis.
They were also sentenced to two years in prison, but won’t do any jail time as their sentences were suspended. The six weed sellers will be required to report to a court regularly.
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