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'Ice' en route to Australia seized at Suvarnabhumi
King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/06/2021
» A quantity of crystal methamphetamine was found at Suvarnabhumi airport in an express mail parcel bound for Australia on Tuesday, authorities said.
Thailand seen as 'ketamine transit hub'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/01/2021
» Gangs in Taiwan, China and Thailand have colluded to smuggle ketamine into Thailand for re-export to lucrative markets in Malaysia and Hong Kong, a source in the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has revealed.
Focusing on the bright side
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/01/2021
» Vichai Chaimongkol had only been promoted as the Office of the Narcotics Control Board's secretary-general for three months when he held a news conference to announce what was thought to be Thailand's largest ketamine bust, only to find out later that the haul was mostly trisodium phosphate.
500 million baht in assets seized from drug network
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/08/2020
» Five hundred million baht in assets were seized this week from a drug trafficking network after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) began using a new technology designed to analyse financial transaction data.
Suppression in Myanmar drives 'ice' into Thailand
King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/07/2020
» Mountains of crystal methamphetamine or "ice" have been seized this year as a result of heavy suppression in Myanmar, causing an influx of the drug into Thailand, Office of Narcotic Control Board (ONCB) secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk said on Monday.
Huge quantity of precursors, opium seized in Myanmar
King-oua Laohong, Published on 20/05/2020
» Myanmar last week confiscated 41.5 tonnes of precursor chemicals and one tonne of opium in raids as part of a joint operation code-named Golden Triangle 1511, Office of the Narcotics Control Board secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk said on Wednesday.
Four smugglers caught, 1 million speed pills seized in Bangkok
King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/05/2020
» Four people have been arrested and more than 1 million speed pills seized from two houses in Bangkok which were used to store drugs smuggled from Laos.
Anti-drug campaign aided by pandemic checking
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/04/2020
» More than 5,800 suspects have been arrested and 233 million methamphetamine or "speed" pills seized during a regional anti-drug campaign that has benefited from the Covid-19 pandemic.
32m meth pills, 25 tonnes of hydrochloric acid seized in North
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/09/2019
» A total of 32.3 methamphetamine pills and 25 tonnes of hydrochloric acid, a precursor for producing the drugs, were seized by narcotics suppression authorities in the North from Aug 1 to Sept 20, authorities said.
Drug route shifts from Thailand to Vietnam: minister
King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/09/2019
» Traffickers are now transporting drugs through Vietnam instead of Thailand, through which it has become more difficult to deliver drugs to third countries, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Sunday.