Phuket Police Raid Unlicensed Cannabis Shop

Police in southern Thailand have raided a cannabis shop operating without a valid licence as part of a provincial crackdown on unauthorized sellers. The operation followed an order from the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office directing officials to suppress the sale of controlled herbal products, specifically cannabis buds, without proper authorization. Investigators from Chalong Police Station inspected a shop named "Gun-Eng" located in Soi Suki on Chao Fa East Road in tambon Chalong, Muang district. The shop's owner, a Thai woman, was found to have an expired business licence. Officers seized cannabis buds and related equipment as evidence and charged her with selling controlled herbal products without permission under the Protection and Promotion of Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act 1999. Chalong police urged cannabis shop operators to comply with the law and encouraged the public to report suspected illegal cannabis sales.