BANGKOK — Thai authorities have arrested three Vietnamese men for allegedly growing more than 1,600 cannabis plants illegally inside a warehouse in Bangkok, police said Tuesday.
Metropolitan Police officers, working with officials from the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, raided a warehouse in the Bang Kradi area of Bang Khun Thian district after residents complained of a persistent smell of cannabis coming from the building, raising suspicions of unlicensed cultivation.
The suspects — Nguyen Duc Anh, 28; Do Van Bay, 27; and Dang Sy Tai, 35 — were arrested on December 16 along with 1,685 cannabis plants. Police said the plants yielded about 100 grams of dried flower per plant, with a total weight of about 168.5 kilograms. Authorities estimated the value of the seized cannabis at about 1.69 million baht ($53,600).
Authorities inspect the exterior of a warehouse in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district where an illegal cannabis cultivation operation was discovered on Dec. 16, 2025. Cannabis plants seized by Thai authorities during a raid in Bangkok on Dec. 16, 2025.Lt. Col. Chada Sesawech, who led the operation with officers from the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Child and Women Protection Division, said investigators gathered evidence and obtained a search warrant from the Thon Buri Criminal Court before inspecting the warehouse.
All three men admitted they were cultivating cannabis at the site, police said. They told authorities they had set up a company to operate a cannabis-related business but had not obtained the required licenses to do so.
Police charged the suspects with jointly violating Thailand’s law on controlled herbs by cultivating, processing or selling cannabis for commercial purposes without authorization under the Thai Traditional Medical Knowledge Protection and Promotion Act.
The suspects and the seized plants were handed over to investigators at Samae Dam police station for further legal proceedings.
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