Udon Thani, The Prime Minister went to Udon Thani wearing white gloves, energizing 12 provinces in the upper northeastern region, declaring "There is no place for drugs", ordering the ONCB to increase compensation money to boost morale for injured officers to 50,000 baht, preparing to coordinate with "Somsak" to increase the target of patients receiving treatment after the government raised the crackdown measures to the highest level. At 1:35 p.m., Mr. Settha Thavisin, the Prime Minister, arrived at the 23rd Air Force Base Airport, Tambon Mak Khaeng, Amphoe Mueang Udon Thani, Udon Thani Province. At 1:45 p.m., the Prime Minister traveled in a black Toyota Alphard, license plate number Kor Lor 5559 Udon Thani, to Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Tambon Sam Phrao, Amphoe Mueang Udon Thani, Udon Thani Province, where Mr. Suthin Khlangsaeng, the Minister of Defense, and civil servants and relevant agencies were waiting to welcome him. Upon arrival, the Prime Minister listened to a briefing on the plan to interc ept the 5 upper northeastern provinces and listened to a briefing on the operation to hunt down (cut off the wings) drug dealers in the upper northeastern region 252 from the Provincial Police Region 4, which reported that they used data analysis technology with special tools to cordon off and search 6 times, arresting 3,446 drug dealers and seizing 10,345,615 methamphetamine pills, 217 firearms, 32 rounds of ammunition, and seizing 1,553 items of property worth a total of 254,961,366 baht. The Prime Minister asked the Secretary-General of the ONCB about the compensation of military, police and civilian officers who received money from the Narcotics Prevention and Suppression Fund in the event of injury. The Secretary-General of the ONCB reported that the officers received 10,000 baht in compensation. The Prime Minister stressed that the compensation should be increased to 50,000 baht to boost the morale of the officers in performing their duties more strictly. Before the Prime Minister visited the vehicle, which is a technology system for detecting suspects. Later, the Prime Minister visited and listened to a presentation on the Sustainable Community Project of the Provincial Police Region 4. At the same time, the Prime Minister talked with a hero who quit drugs. The Prime Minister asked how many years ago he had quit drugs and whether he had received any vocational training. The Prime Minister then listened to a briefing on drug prevention and solution by the administration, including searching for drug users and addicts by X-raying and setting up a social rehabilitation center, including setting up checkpoints at service establishments and setting up a social rehabilitation center, before listening to a briefing from the Udon Thani Provincial Public Health Office on the results of the 3-month accelerated treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts in 12 northeastern provinces. The Prime Minister also stressed that the goal of bringing drug addicts into treatment should be set higher in order to eradicate as many as possible. He will discuss this matter with Mr. Somsak Thepsuthin, Minister of Public Health. Nong Khai Province is considered the province that brings the fewest drug addicts with mental illnesses into the treatment process, so he asked them to be the pilot province. Therefore, he asked that the goal be high because the security forces have already eradicated a large number. In addition, students and teachers from the To BE Number One Club from Phandon Witthaya School, Udon Thani Provincial Administrative Organization 4, sang a cheering song for the Prime Minister before the Prime Minister walked over to greet him. The Prime Minister then watched a video of the Community Empowerment Movement before watching the performance of the NPD.P4 song 'Moving Forward' by students and teachers of Sam Phrao Community School and Teacher DARE. During the performance, the Prime Minister smiled and took out his mobile phone to take a photo. Later, the Prime Minister presided over the opening ceremony of the eve nt 'Northeastern Community Unity Fight Against Drugs', where participants and the Prime Minister showed their power to fight against drugs by wearing gloves to symbolize the message 'No Place Fordrug'. The Prime Minister said in his opening remarks that he was delighted to join the event to unite communities in the Northeast to fight against drugs. No matter how many times he visited the area or villages, he always heard that drugs were a problem. It was a serious matter. Many of our children had become slaves to drugs. He saw many families living in fear. They felt unsafe living together in the community. Thai society should not be like this. The Prime Minister continued that he could not accept that Thai society and our children were living in a society where drugs were prevalent like never before. The prevention and suppression of drugs is a national agenda that the government is urgently implementing to achieve tangible results, integrating cooperation from all sectors, both at the local and public leve ls, to solve problems in communities and aiming to suppress drug trafficking, leading to the creation of strong and sustainable community power to solve the drug problem. We conducted an operation to cut off the wings of drug dealers in the Northeast covering 12 provinces, showing the power of the masses in declaring a stand to fight against drug problems in their own communities. The Prime Minister added that in addition to successfully solving the drug problem, everyone from every sector, the police, provinces, the military, public health, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, and other agencies must work together and receive support from the community to rise up and fight the drug problem together and be the eyes and ears, helping to look after, report clues, watch out for, and prevent our children from getting involved with drugs. However, today, we have all expressed our intentions together. Let us tell the community to expand the results of the operation to a wider range, to train the power of com munities in every area to join forces strongly. I would like to thank everyone for the intention and power of everyone from every sector who are fighting together to eliminate the drug problem from society. We will work together to treat, rehabilitate, take care of, and protect our children from drugs. "I would like everyone to take His Majesty the King's message of concern for the drug problem and put it into practice to achieve tangible results in accordance with His Majesty's wishes in a sustainable manner," the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister then led the oath-taking to lead the power of the Northeastern community against drug threats before standing together to show respect for the Royal Anthem and the King's Anthem and waving flags together to show loyalty on the occasion of the auspicious ceremony of His Majesty the King's 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary on July 28, 2024, before taking a group photo with the students in a friendly manner and traveling back to Bangkok. Source: Thai News Agenc y