The Royal Thai Police together with the FDA seize pharmacies without pharmaceuticals after they were found using children from Grade 3 to Grade 6 to pick up drugs for consumers. In addition, they found smuggling cough syrup used to mix a lot of 4×100.
Police from the Consumer Protection Crime Suppression Division or the Anti-Corruption Division announced the results of a mobilization to inspect pharmacies throughout Bangkok and were able to arrest a total of 13 illegal pharmacists, along with the contraband, which is drugs that have not been licensed. Asking permission for more than 156 items. In the past, the police received complaints from people that non-pharmacists were used to sell drugs in pharmacies in the Bangkok area. And there are some stores that sell illegal drugs. Therefore, there is a coordination to the office. Food and Drug Administration in order to jointly inspect pharmacies with such behavior
Initially found drug information that has not been licensed. Most of them are in the group of antihistamines, cough syrups, green-yellow capsules. which is a group of drugs that teenagers often use to mix in drinks, 4×100 has resulted in a total of 14 search operations in the Bangkok area. Throughout the period from 24 July to 9 August
A total of 572 counterfeit drugs were seized, 212 unregistered drugs, 24,722 bottles of syrup, 4,150 capsules of tramadol and 21 specially controlled drugs. The box arrested 13 people who were not pharmacists without knowledge of pharmaceuticals, of which 3 were graduates from Mathayom 3, 2 graduated from Mathayom 6, and 8 graduated from different fields. The case has been filed for accusations of practicing pharmaceutical professions without registering and obtaining a license.
All of the accused confessed that they were employed as employees of a pharmacy, working in the pharmacy on a daily basis, but that a pharmacist would come to take care of them only once a week. These people earn an average monthly wage of 12,000 baht to 18,000 baht.
The police also stated that in part of the behavior of this pharmacy group, upon examination, it was found that there would be multiple branches expanding under the name of a single owner. To be able to get a quota in cough medicine that is limited to only 300 bottles per shop per month, can order more. These cough syrups are being sold to teenagers and mixed with a drink called 4 × 100. Drugstore chains found guilty are clustered in the area. Ramkhamhaeng Road, Hua Mark Area and Ladprao Road Because it was found that it was an area where a group of southern people who liked to drink water made from kratom gathered in the area in large numbers. This group of teenagers is considered the target group of this pharmacy targeting.
The preliminary action is to inform the allegation to a person who is not a pharmacist. and proceeding against the pharmacy Found that there is an unregistered drug, do not fake it for the offense of not keeping a list of drugs bought and sold as prescribed, selling dangerous drugs while a pharmacist is not on duty, selling drugs that have not been registered. Registration of drug formulas and selling counterfeit drugs, which in the part of the Food and Drug Administration will be proposed to the Drug Committee to suspend the store’s license. Personally, the pharmacist whose name appeared to be a duty worker at the said pharmacy was found to have the wrong pharmacist. The license will be suspended for two years and further criminal proceedings will be imposed. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency