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PM declares new fight on drugs

Asset seizures to step up as big goals set

The government has vowed to make efforts to stamp out narcotic drugs, especially methamphetamine, within its four-year term as a new national agenda item.

It will also commit to a short-term goal to contain drugs as much as possible in the first year, and has invited the public to join the drugs suppression effort.

The government wants to break the circle of the narcotic drug problem, from smuggling to drug addiction and money laundering, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin yesterday, addressing a meeting of the government committee on drug suppression.

The PM is chairman of the committee, which includes some cabinet…

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