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Khao San weed peddlers charged over lack of permits

Cannabis products are available on Khao San Road in June last year. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Public Health Ministry and police pressed charges against five unauthorised cannabis shops on Khao San Road during their raid on April 20.

The raid was a joint effort between the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTTAM), police from the Metropolitan Police Bureau and Chana Songkhram police, City Hall and Phra Nakhon District Office staff, covering the area from the road to Soi Rambuttri nearby.

The operation came after the postponement of so-called “420” weed parties, which some wanted to hold on the day of the raid but which were later postponed until June 9 following the general election.

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