News Forum - Thai Customs seizes 26,000 kg of opium seeds from Turkey

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The Customs Department of Thailand last month seized 26,000 kilogrammes of opium seeds imported from Turkey at Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri. The seeds were worth about 30 million baht. The Thai Customs and other related departments revealed the details of the seizure at the customs office on February 12 during a press conference …

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[Grumpish]

Opium poppy seeds? Or poppy seeds which are used quite legitimately in large quantities in bakery products and which also contain various opiates naturally, including codeine and morphine. This could be someone being rather stupid and over-reacting to a simple error of labelling, or something else - more information needed.

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The distribution by the government will commence as soon as all the brown envelopes are tabulated...