After Pattaya police busted over 20 teenagers using ‘happy water‘ at party last month, there’s now an increased effort to crack down on the drug. The chief of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau said happy water is usually made by combining ecstasy, methamphetamine, diazepam, caffeine, and painkillers. He said people dissolve the powder in hot water or mixing it with sweetened drinks. Happy water reportedly makes people feel euphoric.
NSB officers have been on the hunt for two Thais and one foreigner thought to be selling happy water at entertainment venues in Pattaya. They have so far arrested one Thai man yesterday, 28 year old Sarayuth Boonmalee, for allegedly colluding in having illicit drugs with intent to sell. Investigators say Sarayuth’s role was to deliver the drug to customers at local nightspots. The NSB chief says Sarayuth confessed to the charges in questioning.
Officers have seized two houses, one car, three motorcycles, and other valuables worth over 9 million baht from Sarayuth. He was arrested at Tawaen beach on Koh Lan in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri
In last month’s happy water raid, the party busted was at a luxury villa, also in Bang Lamung district. The Pattaya News reported that the teens were “addicted”.
Happy water is popular in China, and is banned there by the country’s Food and Drug Administration. Chinese media reports that Happy Water contains an ingredient that can cause temporary memory loss, nausea, vomit and headache. In extreme cases, it can reportedly kill people. In 2017, Chinese police arrested seven people for producing a brand of Happy Water. The FDA then banned it.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post