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Crystal meth worth B300m found in lorry
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2018
» Authorities seized more than 300 kilogrammes of crystal meth, or ya ice, from a lorry in Chiang Rai's Khun Tan district early Monday morning.
Cops bust billion-baht ice shipment
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/10/2017
» Police have seized 508 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine or "ya ice" with a street value of more than 1 billion baht.
Army-police raid seizes huge meth haul
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/07/2017
» An army-police raid in northern Bangkok Monday seized a massive haul of 1.8 million methamphetamine tablets and 39 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice.
Ex-inmate used son, 12, as drugs mule
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/05/2017
» Chon Buri: A 47-year-old mother who has been jailed repeatedly for narcotics offences was arrested once again and charged with dealing drugs, after she was caught using her 12-year-old son as a drugs mule.
Anti-drug agents seize 1.5m meth pills in 4 busts
News, Published on 16/05/2017
» The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) has seized about 1.55 million methamphetamine tablets and arrested 12 suspects, including two former police officers previously sacked and prosecuted for committing a crime.
'Lao connection' to Mr X arrested
Published on 04/04/2017
» The Narcotics Control Board (NCB) is preparing to question Lao celebrity Sisouk Daoheuang who was arrested last weekend by Lao authorities for alleged links to compatriot and drug kingpin suspect Xaysana "Mr X" Keopimpha.
The Big Issue: Shot fired, man down
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 26/03/2017
» Artist and activist Chaiyapoom Pasae, a Lahu, was shot and killed by a soldier at a drug checkpoint. That is the complete set of facts everyone agrees on.
Government 'won't legalise' meth
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/06/2016
» Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has confirmed the government will not legalise methamphetamine, but will remove it from the dangerous narcotic drugs list that includes hard drugs such as heroin.
No immediate move to delist amphetamines
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/06/2016
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is weighing public criticism of a proposal to take methamphetamine, or ya ba, off the dangerous narcotics list, but still hopes to move away from crackdowns on the currently illicit drug in support of rehabilitation for addicts.
Experts find meth idea a bitter pill to swallow
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/06/2016
» Health experts have voiced concern over removing methamphetamines from the narcotics list as part of new anti-drug measures proposed by Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya, saying it will not reduce the number of drug users.