Drug-Addicted Teen Threatens Grandparents With Knives, Arrested
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On November 1, 2026, reporters visited a house in Pradu Yuen subdistrict, Lan Sak district, Uthai Thani province after receiving a report from a village assistant headman that a resident had asked for help regarding their 17-year-old grandson. The teenager was showing symptoms of drug-induced hallucinations, had not slept for days, carried knives, and threatened his grandparents, leaving them terrified. He had also stolen mobile phones to sell for methamphetamine, and even dismantled a motorcycle in the house overnight until it was ruined. The grandparents could not sleep for fear of being attacked and almost did not want to stay in their own home.
Reporters accompanied police to the scene and found the boy, identified under the pseudonym 'A', age 17, sitting and eating mumblingly. A knife was on the table beside him. The village assistant headman asked why he carried a knife, to which A replied, "I can talk to knives, so I carry them regularly." He admitted to using drugs and refused to quit.
Officers eventually persuaded A to put the knife down and searched his room, finding four knives along with foil for drug use in his bag. He was taken into custody, charged with Category 1 narcotic use, and sent to juvenile court for prosecution.
