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Concern as more young drug dealers arrested in NE Thailand
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 25/08/2024
» BURI RAM: Two minors have been arrested in this northeastern province on suspicion of selling illicit drugs, raising fears that more young people are becoming drug dealers.
Sexually abused baby dies
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/07/2024
» Nakhon Nayok: A one-year and nine-month old infant who was sexually abused and beaten by a 50-year-old man in Ongkharak district died yesterday.
6m yaba pills seized after gunfight in Chiang Dao
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 02/06/2024
» CHIANG MAI: Soldiers have seized 6 million methamphetamine pills left by smugglers following a brief gunfight in Chiang Dao district of this northern province.
Monk caper; bullet in bed; undertaker's woe; polite robber
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/05/2024
» An Uthai Thani man is calling on his estranged wife to reconsider after she allegedly ran off with an errant monk.
Taskforce seizes 130 million meth pills in 6 months
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 22/05/2024
» CHIANG MAI: The Narcotic Drug and Chemical Substance Control Command Unit of the Northern Border (Taskforce 35) gave an update on Tuesday on the progress made over the past six months in suppressing narcotics along Thailand's borders, revealing that almost 130 million illegal pills have been seized.
'5-pill rule' to become just 1 for meth
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/05/2024
» The Public Health Ministry has proposed tightening the definition of a drug user by limiting the legally permissible number of methamphetamine tablets, aka ya ba, from the current threshold of five pills to one to seal a loophole that benefits drug dealers.
Public input sought for new drug rules
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/11/2023
» Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew plans to launch a public hearing on a draft of a new ministerial regulation on drug possession, specifically focussing on "ya ba" pills, the methamphetamine drug mixed with caffeine.
Roundup sees 1,000 held
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 19/07/2023
» PHUKET: More than 1,000 drugs suspects were arrested in seven southern provinces during the "Sayob Andaman (Defeating Andaman) 7/66" operation by Provincial Police Division 8.
Army reacts to influx of drugs across North border
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 27/03/2023
» CHIANG MAI: The army has tightened security along the northern border following reports of greater quantities and varieties of illegal drugs flowing into the country from Myanmar, which is also said to harbouring a rise in opium-growing facilities.
Speedy capture of statue thief
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/07/2022
» Police have arrested a 38-year-old man who stole a metal statue of the mythical Kotchasri, apprehending him at his house in Lat Phrao district yesterday.