THE LAW APPLIES THE POWER TO INVESTIGATE THE ACCUSED IN THE DRUG CASE NARCOTICS PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OFFICER

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to the issue of law concerning law enforcement of the narcotics control officials to alleged offenders. In other words, Act on Procedure of Narcotic Case B.E. 2564 is the law empowering the officials. Nonetheless, there are also deficiencies. When conducting investigation, a case file is sent to investigators and then to prosecutors in order to whether issue a prosecution order or not. The mentioned process is redundant to send the culprit to the justiciary procedure compared to the foreign countries such as the U.S. or Singapore. It is informed that the investigation process is highlighted to the law enforcement to investigate the narcotic cases by separating the organization about narcotic control distinctively and directly taking the alleged to the court. After studying the limitations and objectives of Thai law, it is suggested that it should regulate the duty of NCB officials in narcotic culprit investigation in order to improve the law more effectively.