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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Innovative blockchain system to tell on drugsters - Caught on Camera

The Justice Ministry, in a new move to increase drug suppression measures, says it will release a blockchain drug informant system aimed at keeping informants' identities anonymous.

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Saturday the system, a joint initiative between the ministry, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), is an informant platform that accepts drug complaints from the public while keeping their identities anonymous.

Mr Somsak said the blockchain system has been in development since September, with 800,000-900,000 baht spent purely on funding research.

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