Das Ende der laotischen Schmuggler

[DisainaM]

Über viele Jahrzehnte konnten Schmuggler aus Laos alle möglichen Güter über den Mehkong nach Thailand einschmuggeln.

Durch ihre Gewinne schafften sie sich immer stärkere Motoren an, und jagten damit auf ihren pfeilspitzenähnlichen Booten den Fluß hoch, wie ein Torpedo.

Nachdem Thailand mit Burma in einen Grenzkonflikt trat, und die Grenze schärfer gegen Drogentransporte kontrollierte, nahmen nun immer mehr Lieferungen den Umweg über Laos.

Damit soll nun Schluß sein.

Thailand will die Grenze zu Laos dicht machen, damit keine Drogentransporte mehr ins Land kommen.

LAOS-THAILAND BORDER

Villagers to fight inflow of drugs

Passengers, goods to be searched on arrival

Anucha Charoenpo - Ubon Ratchathani

Boats carrying goods and passengers from Laos will no longer be allowed to moor freely on the Thai bank of the Mekong river, in a new measure to block the inflow of illicit drugs.

Under an agreement between Gen Thammarat Issarangkul na Ayudhya, minister attached to the PM's Office, and the Suranaree Task Force, boats from Laos will be allowed to use only one specific landing at each waterfront village on the Thai side.

The measure is to ensure more effective checking of passengers and goods arriving in Thailand from Laos.

Lt-Col Thanya Kiatisarn, responsible for the anti-drug project in Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen, Buri Ram, Si Sa Ket and Surin, said the measure was aimed at deterring people from smuggling drugs to Thailand.

Each village had its own committee and volunteers checking the boats, he said.

Passengers and their goods disembarking at 56 piers of 90 villages in two of five provinces adjacent to the Mekong river _ Ubon Ratchathani and Amnat Charoen _ would be carefully checked. Passengers would have their names and addresses registered before being allowed onto Thai soil.

At least 1,700 Thai boats which regularly cross the Mekong river are registered with the village committees.

Lt-Col Thanya said he was aware the piers were not registered with the Harbour Department, but he would discuss this with them.

The one registered pier, in Khemarat district of Ubon Ratchathani, was disliked by Lao and Thai people. They instead use natural landing areas along the Mekong river because there was no security at those spots.

Sombat Bupphadee, 50, Ban Bung Suay village chief of Khemarat district, said illicit drugs had flooded into his village since 1996.

In August, a Thai man was caught by the village committee carrying nearly 600 methamphetamine pills while getting off a boat from Laos.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/23Sep2002_news11.html

 

[sunnyboy]

Thailand will die Grenze zu Laos dicht machen, damit keine Drogentransporte mehr ins Land kommen.
Dann gehen der borderpolice ja die Einnahmen flöten.
Gruß Sunnyboy

 

[DisainaM]

Oder man steigert seine Einnahmen,

indem man die Hintertüren schließt.

Früher konnten die Boote von laos überall anlegen,

jetzt machen sie zuerst ein Gesetz, und mit dem schafft man sich

neue Einnahmen, um die Verstösse abzurechnen.

Frei nach dem Motto,

der unkontrollierte Schmuggel wird eingeschränkt,

damit man den kontrollierten Schmuggel besser überblicken kann.