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Vietnamese-led ecstasy pill production site busted in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2025
» Thai authorities have arrested four Vietnamese men at a condominium and a rented house in Bangkok for their alleged links to a transnational drug trafficking network.
Thai firms halt syrup production as China's ban drags on
Reuters, Published on 24/04/2025
» Dozens of Thai firms grappling with US$60 million losses from China's ban on sugar syrup have stopped production, an industry body said, following unsuccessful negotiation attempts by the Southeast Asian nation to lift the restrictions.
Unlicensed pub raided, 81 test positive for drugs
Online Reporters, Published on 23/03/2025
» NAKHON PATHOM: Administrative officials raided a nightclub in Samphran district at 3am on Sunday and found 81 visitors with traces of illegal drugs on the unlicensed premises.
Thai rock singer arrested on drug charge
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/03/2025
» A Thai rock singer has been arrested on charges of possessing drugs following the arrest of his dealers in Bangkok last week, police said on Tuesday.
Chinese syrup ban has cost Thai firms B2 billion
Published on 25/02/2025
» Thai companies grappling with losses of about two billion baht — twice the amount estimated earlier — from China’s ban on sugar syrup face shutdowns as soon as next month, an industry body said, while negotiations by officials from the country to lift the measure yielded no fruit.
Air passenger from Bangkok arrested in Hong Kong over 'space oil' haul worth B36m
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/02/2025
» HONG KONG — A 22-year-old air passenger from Bangkok has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of bringing in eight kilogrammes of the key component of the emerging drug known as "space oil", worth an estimated HK$8.4 million (36 million baht).
Thailand to lose $29 million from China's syrup import ban
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2025
» Thai businesses are expected to incur up to 1 billion baht (US$29.5 million) in losses from China's ban on sugar syrup and premixed powder exports from the Southeast Asian nation, with shipments left stranded in Chinese ports, industry group said.
Biden grants clemency to 2,500 people, most ever in a day
AFP, Published on 18/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
Profit over health
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 03/12/2024
» According to research marketing company Euromonitor International, Thailand's dietary supplement industry in 2023 was valued at 87 billion baht.
Kratom now a $1-billion industry in the US
Published on 03/10/2024
» In Southeast Asia, people for centuries have chewed the leaves of the kratom tree — part of the coffee family — as a pain-relieving, energy- and mood-boosting remedy.