PHUKET: Patong has passed a drugs-test campaign for the second time this week with flying colors.
Although 55 people were tested for drugs last night during a relatively low-key raid by police and local health officials, led by Colonel Nikorn Chootong, none came up positive.
The drug-testing mostly took place in and around the Moneynight Bar in Soi Happy, part of Patong that is frequented by Russian holidaymakers.
Last night's clean bill followed a more public check led by Phuket Police Commander Major General Pekad Tantipong earlier in the week that also produced no positive results.
Cynics will say that ''Cinderella'' raids after midnight might actually tell a different story, but Piya Itsaramalan, owner of the Tiger group, welcomes the random testing and endorses the bid by Kathu police, who oversee Patong, to make the popular tourist destination drugs-free.
Although 55 people were tested for drugs last night during a relatively low-key raid by police and local health officials, led by Colonel Nikorn Chootong, none came up positive.
The drug-testing mostly took place in and around the Moneynight Bar in Soi Happy, part of Patong that is frequented by Russian holidaymakers.
Last night's clean bill followed a more public check led by Phuket Police Commander Major General Pekad Tantipong earlier in the week that also produced no positive results.
Cynics will say that ''Cinderella'' raids after midnight might actually tell a different story, but Piya Itsaramalan, owner of the Tiger group, welcomes the random testing and endorses the bid by Kathu police, who oversee Patong, to make the popular tourist destination drugs-free.
But some of the Russian tourists might have had more than 100 baht in their pocket, which as Russian tourists go is suspicious. Arrest them.
Posted by JJ on September 30, 2011 12:51