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Suspected scam gang's hi-tech gear seized
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/04/2024
» Police and customs officers in Chiang Rai seized a large quantity of hi-tech equipment believed to belong to a transnational call centre scam gang.
Scam gang ‘on the move’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/04/2024
» Police and customs officers in Chiang Rai have seized a large quantity of high-tech equipment believed to belong to a transnational call centre scam gang.
Thai workers trapped in Kokang hell
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 11/11/2023
» A mother whose son had been trapped in the conflict-ridden area in Kokang on the Myanmar-Chinese border trembled as she recalled the brutality the young man faced.
PM's visit to Mae Sai a positive sign
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 15/09/2023
» Today, PM and Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin and other cabinet members will visit Chiang Rai province. One stop in the busy itinerary is Mae Sai Border Pass No.1 where they will discuss on how to boost border trade and how to fight against narcotics that flow through the porous border.
Fugitive Australian nabbed for drug rap
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/08/2023
» Police have arrested an Australian man wanted in his home country on drugs and weapons charges, who was staying in Phuket on a Thai student visa.
Trafficking victims need better protection, US says
Published on 28/06/2023
» The United States has urged Thailand to improve its systems for protecting victims of human trafficking, especially those pressed into forced labour by growing numbers of cyber-scam gangs.
Govt 'must' develop Chiang Rai SEZ
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/01/2023
» The government must speed up development of Chiang Rai as a special economic zone (SEZ) amid the rapid growth of the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, which lies just across its border, says deputy House speaker, Suchart Tancharoen.
15 nabbed in raids over scams
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/11/2022
» Police have arrested 15 Chinese and Thai citizens over their suspected links to a string of illegal businesses and phone scam rings, from which they seized assets valued at over 42 million baht, deputy national police chief Torsak Sukvimol said on Thursday.
Laos makes huge drug haul
Published on 24/09/2022
» Police in Laos have made their third-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs by netting 33 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said on Saturday.
Trio rescued from Lao scam gang
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/09/2022
» Chiang Rai: Three Thai citizens who were duped into working as call centre scammers in Laos' Bokeo province have been repatriated, officials said yesterday.