Unlicensed bud vendors collared

Officials from the Ministry of Public Health teamed up with police to arrest six vendors in the Thong Lor area of Watthana district for allegedly selling cannabis buds and flowers without permission.

Dr Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, chief of the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM), said the raid was conducted on Tuesday night along Thong Lor road by the health authorities and police from Thong Lor station.

The inspection team found that five owners of food trucks and one shop owner sold cannabis buds without a licence. Three of the food trucks even had a fake permit because a licence is issued to shops with permanent addresses only.

The police confiscated the illegal products and the food trucks and shut down the shop. All suspects were taken to Thong Lor station for legal action, where they were charged and given surety bail of 20,000…