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50 million meth pills seized, couple arrested
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 13/12/2023
» KANCHANABURI: Police arrested a married couple and seized 50 million methamphetamine pills from their six-wheel truck in Thong Pha Phum district on Tuesday - the largest drug seizure ever made in this western border province.
Gold shop owner accused of laundering drug money
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 27/05/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Authorities on Thursday arrested a local gold shop owner on allegations he was laundering money for border drug smugglers, and impounded assets worth about 30 million.
Dozens caught in disco raft drug bust
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 06/02/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Fifty-three young people were arrested and 21 of them them tested positive for illicit drugs following a raid on a noisy disco raft along the Kwai Noi River in Muang district.
'Mules' fail to hoodwink eagle-eyed cops at border
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 08/09/2018
» KANCHANABURI: An elderly Thai and a young Myanmar man were arrested in separate busts at a checkpoint in the Sangkhla Buri border district, and almost 32 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 50,000 speed pills worth 52 million baht seized.
Border meet focuses on drugs, labour
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/02/2018
» Kanchanaburi's Thai-Myanmar Township Border Committee (TBC) met yesterday to strengthen ties and step up efforts to combat cross-border crime, including narcotics smuggling and human trafficking, local authorities said.
'Benz' lays bribery trap for police
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 20/11/2014
» Drug kingpin "Benz Thasai" on Thursday said he would surrender to the police if they would publicly profess they had never taken bribes from him.
Woman faces death in drug arrest
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 24/04/2014
» A woman could face the death penalty after being arrested in Kanchanaburi Wednesday on charges of colluding in a major drug network on the Myanmar border.