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Drones, boats and megabaht: Laos route spews meth into Thailand
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» NAKHON PHANOM: As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now using drones, scouts and a pool of poor fishermen to shift record amounts of meth into Thailand.
Case against wildlife trafficking 'kingpin' dismissed
AFP, Published on 30/01/2019
» A suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin accused of smuggling $1 million worth of rhino horns to Thailand has had the case against him dismissed, in a surprise court verdict slammed by conservationists.
Thai police rescue 1,300 caged dogs from smugglers
AFP, Published on 06/05/2013
» Around 1,300 dogs crammed into cages have been seized in less than a week in Thailand's northeast border region, officials said Monday, amid concerns that the canines were destined for overseas dinner plates.