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40 arrested after drug tests in Bangkok bar
News, Online Reporters, Published on 18/07/2025
» An arrest of a Vietnamese drug dealer at an entertainment venue in Bangkok early Friday led to the further detention of 40 other people, who also tested positive for drugs.
Four Thai monks arrested after testing positive for meth
Online Reporters, Published on 18/07/2025
» Four monks in Thailand's Si Sa Ket province were arrested after testing positive for methamphetamine. The group admitted to taking the drug, claiming it was to relieve body aches - and to celebrate the start of Buddhist Lent. All four were immediately defrocked and sent for rehabilitation.
Police chase refuel-and-run truck driver for 100km in southern Thailand
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 13/07/2025
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT - Police and rescue volunteers gave chase to a freight truck across six districts of this southern Thai province on Sunday after the driver fled a petrol station without paying for diesel.
Health Dept rejects child arsenic level allegations
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/07/2025
» The Department of Health has rejected claims that two children living near the Kok River in Chiang Mai were found with excessive levels of arsenic in their bodies, following growing concerns over heavy metal contamination linked to mining activities in Myanmar.
Surprise drug testing at Korat provincial hall
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 08/07/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Authorities conducted surprise drug tests on about 200 employees at the provincial hall on Tuesday, after 167 people tested positive, including local leaders and a monk, during last month’s random testing in all 32 districts of the province.
Rituals spell bad luck; uniform omen; truckies' dispute
News, Mae Moo, Published on 22/06/2025
» Beware those evil spirits
Bangkok student in hospital after 200-squat punishment
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/06/2025
» A Bangkok high school student is being treated in hospital for a serious muscle breakdown after a teacher punished him for late homework submission by making him do 200 squats in a row.
Bangkok student in hospital after 200-squat punishment
Online Reporters, Published on 12/06/2025
» A Bangkok high school student is being treated in hospital for rhabdomyolysis, a serious muscle breakdown, after a teacher punished him for late homework submission by making him do 200 squats in a row.
Centre touts kidney disease detector
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2025
» KHON KAEN: The National Nanotechnology Centre (Nanotec) has launched an innovative, ready-to-use rapid test kit for kidney function in a bid to enhance the public healthcare system through early disease detection.
Druggie injures two in random stone attacks
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» AYUTTHAYA – A 20-year-old man was arrested after reportedly throwing stones at passers-by in a drug-induced delusion, injuring two people – including a woman whose attack was caught on security camera.