Thailand says US$1 billion drug bust was a ‘misunderstanding’

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BANGKOK: Thailand's claim to have seized almost US$1 billion in contraband ketamine this month was wrong and tests have so far not shown up any ...

this month was wrong and tests have so far not shown up any drugs, the justice minister said on Tuesday .

Somsak Thepsuthin said tests which turned purple in the presence of ketamine hydrochloride reacted the same to trisodium phosphate - a chemical which can be used as a food additive and cleaning agent which is all that had been found so far."This was a misunderstanding that our agency must accept," he told reporters."This wasn't a mistake. It's new knowledge.

In medicine, ketamine is used as an anaesthetic or an anti-depressant, but as a recreational drug it is used to induce dreamy or trance-like sensations, and sometimes hallucinations.

 

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SaksithCNA U can’t educate pork

u will surprise if u know who is the biggest drug dealer in Thailand. the one and only.

wongthanong AappoJA found in our town. Things are often misunderstood here🤷🏽‍♀️

No don't say 'Thailand says'. It's just one shithead dude, not the whole country

SaksithCNA The whole country is a ' misunderstanding'

To protect the elites

who would've thought that the military junta government that arrests and kills dissidents for whistleblowing would lie about drug trafficking? 🙃

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