SRI RACHA, THAILAND – Administrative officers in Bo Win subdistrict detained a motorcyclist and seized methamphetamine during a roadside drug checkpoint under a nationwide Interior Ministry campaign.
Checkpoint outside village headman’s office
The control took place on Saturday evening, 23 November 2025, at around 6 p.m. in Moo 4 in front of the village headman’s office on Phan Sadet Na Road, where local administrative authorities had set up a temporary checkpoint. The roadblock formed part of the Interior Ministry’s “No Drugs No Dealers” campaign, which aimed to curb drug trafficking and addiction throughout Thailand.
Motorcyclist searched and drugs seized
During random checks, officers noticed a motorcyclist whose behaviour aroused suspicion, stopped him and carried out a search. In a shoulder bag the man was carrying, personnel found 60 methamphetamine tablets (yaba) and 1 gram of crystal methamphetamine (“ice”), which were seized on the spot and secured as evidence. The man was arrested at the scene.
Urine tests for 39 motorists
In addition to the arrest, authorities conducted urine tests on 39 motorists who passed through the checkpoint, with three people testing positive for drug use. All those who tested positive were also temporarily detained.
“The checks were aimed at uncovering both the possession and the use of drugs in road traffic.”
said local administrative officials.
Transfer to district office and police station
The detained suspects and the seized narcotics were first taken to the Sri Racha district administration for registration of personal details and initial documentation of the case. Afterwards, officials handed all suspects over to Bo Win Police Station, where they were to be formally charged under Thai drug laws.
Part of wider national crackdown
The operation in Bo Win formed part of an ongoing Interior Ministry initiative targeting drug-related activities, with the goal of suppressing drug trafficking, abuse and associated crime across all regions. According to the authorities, similar checkpoints were expected to be carried out in other districts in future, in order to maintain pressure on dealers and users and to make public spaces safer.