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Thaksin backs drug fight
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 28/05/2025
» Thaksin Shinawatra has urged the government to intensify its anti-drug war against the United Wa State Army (UWSA), known as the Red Wa, that operates in Myanmar, saying the foreign affairs minister will meet with representatives of neighbouring countries to discuss measures to combat drug networks.
Thaksin appearance puts end to flight rumours
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra showed up at the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Tuesday afternoon, putting to rest rumours that he planned to flee Thailand to escape the prospect of new legal fallout from a controversial hospital stay during his one-year prison term.
Pheu Thai MP ‘confident’ Thaksin will attend court inquiry
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» Pheu Thai Party MP Wisut Chainarun said he was confident former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would attend the Supreme Court hearing scheduled for June 13 that will look into whether or not his prison sentence was properly enforced.
Thaksin lecture on drug suppression slammed over 2003 killings
Post Reporters, Published on 26/05/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will on Tuesday deliver a special lecture on drug suppression at the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), in an event that has drawn sharp criticism given his controversial "war on drugs" in 2003.
Parents alerted to danger of ‘cartoon’ drugs
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» Parents have been advised to pay close attention to the spread of drugs in cartoon-shaped pill form that could easily lure children to try. Their effects could be fatal, according to the Food and Drug Administration of Thailand (FDA).
Brazilian couple caught arriving with 7kg of cocaine
Online Reporters, Published on 07/05/2025
» Two Brazilians have been arrested and 7.4 kilogrammes of cocaine, worth about 22 million baht, seized at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Fleeing smugglers abandon 7.5m speed pills
Published on 26/04/2025
» MAE HONG SON - About 7.5 million speed pills were abandoned by fleeing smugglers following an exchange of gunfire with a military-led patrol team in a border area of Mae Fah Luang district in this northern province late Friday night.
Public warning issued after deadly drug cocktail linked to Songkran deaths
Online Reporters, Published on 20/04/2025
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has issued a nationwide warning following the deaths of two individuals and the hospitalisation of another due to a suspected drug cocktail known on the streets as “Kanom” or “Labubu,” which circulated during the recent Songkran festival.
B15m for drug dealer bounties
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/04/2025
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has approved a budget of 15 million baht to fund this year's bounty programme targeting 200 major drug traffickers.
Cambodia praised for joining effort to dismantle gangs
News, Published on 22/03/2025
» The Thai and Cambodian governments are working together to dismantle call centre scam networks, with Cambodia fully committed to cooperating in the effort, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.