"kratom leaves"

Cultivation and sale of kratom will be legal from August 24 (Tuesday), government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri announced today.

Justic Minister Somsak Thepsuthin and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today (December 27) to remove Kratom leaves from Thailand’s list of narcotics.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsutin are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 27 for a study that could see kratom leaves removed from the list of narcotics, a source revealed on Sunday (December 22).

District officials on Tuesday seized 1,230 kilograms of kratom (Mitragynine) leaves left at the Thai-Malaysian border in Songkhla’s Sadao district.

Two men were arrested in Phuket early on Wednesday after police found 100kg of kratom leaves on the back of their pickup truck.

Army troops on Monday apprehended five Thai men in Songkhla while they were allegedly transporting 1,470 kilograms of kratom leaves smuggled into the country from Malaysia.

Troops seized 570 kilograms of kratom leaves in Songkhla province on the Thai-Malaysia border on Monday evening.

A police search of a car parked in front of the men’s room found 2 guns and six .45mm bullets hidden in a brown bag.