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Ecuador’s most-wanted gang leader ‘Fito’ captured
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» QUITO - Ecuador’s president has announced that the country’s most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader “Fito”, had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence.
Court acquits Rangsiman of defaming ex-senator Upakit
Online Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» The Criminal Court has acquitted People’s Party MP Rangsiman Rome in a defamation case brought against him by former senator Upakit Pachirayangkun.
B1.5bn 'ice' seized at Rayong pier
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/06/2025
» Authorities have arrested eight suspects and seized 2,399 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, worth an estimated 1.5 billion baht in a raid near Ban Laem Son pier in Klaeng district, Rayong.
Two smugglers killed, 4m meth pills seized in Chiang Rai
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 22/06/2025
» CHIANG RAI: The Pha Muang Task Force has reported another armed clash with a drug trafficking group near Thailand’s northern border, resulting in the deaths of two suspects and the seizure of 4 million methamphetamine pills.
Malaysia mulls border wall with Thailand in Narathiwat
Online Reporters, Published on 20/06/2025
» The Malaysian government is considering building a new wall on a section of the frontier with Thailand to stamp out illicit drug trafficking and other activities plaguing its border state.
Doctor in sedatives case faces money laundering charges
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/06/2025
» Police will file additional money laundering charges against Pol Col Dr Anchulee Theerawongpaisal, a senior psychiatrist at the Police General Hospital (PGH), accused of leading a criminal network involved in the illegal distribution of prescription drugs.
Police doctor suspended over sedative procurement
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/06/2025
» Police General Hospital in Bangkok says it has suspended a doctor who was arrested for procuring large amounts of sedatives, pending the outcome of a disciplinary investigation.
Should non-medicinal weed be legal?
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/06/2025
» The issue of narcotics is not only a law enforcement and medical issue. It is also a historical, political and economic issue. A recurrent dilemma is whether personal, non-medical use of "weed" or cannabis (which is generally seen as a softer drug, when compared with harder drugs such as methamphetamine), should be legal. Thailand is still in the quest for a balanced answer, and this is shaped by political and economic ambivalence.
Drug trafficker killed in clash, 4.2m pills seized
News, Published on 07/06/2025
» CHIANG RAI – A drug smuggler was killed and 4.2 million methamphetamine pills seized after a 10-minute clash between a group of armed traffickers and an army patrol in Mae Fah Luang district of this northern province early Friday.
Smuggler killed, 200,000 meth pills seized in armed clash
Online Reporters, Published on 05/06/2025
» CHANG MAI — A drug smuggler was killed and 200,000 methamphetamine pills and 20 kilogrammes of opium were seized in a clash between a group of armed traffickers and an army patrol in Fang district of this northern border province in the early hours of Thursday.