Raid destroys 800 plants on kratom farmAuthorities destroy kratom plants during a crackdown in Kapong district of Phangnga on Wednesday. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran)PHANGNGA: Authorities destroyed about 800 kratom (Mitragyna speciose) plants allegedly grown by the son of a local politician on more than five rai of land in Kapong district on Wednesday. Governor Siripat Patakul was tipped off about the kratom plants and ordered a combined force of naval personnel and police to raid the farm located on a mountainside in tambon Moh. The team found about 800 kratom plants aged about five years old with trunks measuring about 13 centimetres wide. It was the largest haul of kratom plants destroyed in Phangnga this year.

Source: Bangkok Post July 03, 2019 10:05 UTC