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More drugs found on Hong Kong airport arrivals in first 4 months of year than during all of 2023
Published on 30/04/2024
» HONG KONG: The amount of illegal drugs confiscated from air travellers at Hong Kong International Airport soared to 370 kilogrammes in the first four months of the year, a 32% increase over the total amount seized in all of 2023.
Probe into official's attempt to release smuggled oil truck
Post Reporters, Published on 08/06/2023
» The Excise Department is investigating an allegation that one of its high-level officials tried to persuade police to let go of a truck carrying 15,000 litres of smuggled oil.
Koh Chang buoyed as tourists scuttle back
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/10/2022
» Tourists buoyprovince's recovery
Taiwan-bound 'durian' turns out to be heroin
Online Reporters, Published on 15/10/2022
» Customs officials say they have intercepted over 7 kilogrammes of heroin allegedly bound for Taiwan as part of a joint programme with international logistics agencies.
Illegal migrants say job brokerage fees soaring
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/05/2022
» SONGKHLA: Myanmar job seekers arrested in Ratthaphum district told officials their brokerage fees had skyrocketed to 80,000 baht each, from 20,000 to 40,000 baht previously, because of the harsh crackdown on illegal migrants.
Illegal Myanmar migrants caught in Kanchanaburi
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 20/05/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Officials have arrested 14 illegal migrants and a Thai smuggler in Thong Pha Phum district before they travelled farther to Bangkok and several other provinces deeper in the country.
Man shoots cop as drug bust goes bad
News, Published on 31/07/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Police were hunting a suspected drug dealer who shot and seriously wounded an undercover officer in Khong district on Wednesday after realising he was the subject of a sting operation.
Iran Guards seize 'foreign tanker' accused of fuel smuggling
AFP, Published on 18/07/2019
» TEHRAN - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they had detained a "foreign tanker" and its crew for allegedly smuggling fuel, the latest incident in a tense standoff in the Gulf.
Israel launches dozens of Gaza strikes after rockets target Tel Aviv
AFP, Published on 15/03/2019
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel said Friday its aircraft had struck dozens of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, including rare fire toward its economic capital Tel Aviv.
'Abused' Saudi sisters risk deportation
AFP, Published on 23/02/2019
» HONG KONG: Two Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong say chronic physical abuse by male family members prompted them to flee the kingdom, where they now fear they will be forcibly returned.