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Drone-flying burglars arrested on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/07/2025
» SURAT THANI - Four men who allegedly used drones to find easy targets before burgling foreigners’ rented houses have been arrested by police.
Myanmar brothers arrested for drug use, visa overstay
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/08/2024
» SURAT THANI - Five Myanmar brothers were arrested on Koh Phangan on Thursday for allegedly using illicit drugs, with two of them also found to have overstayed their visas.
Nine held at drug-fuelled party in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 11/07/2024
» SONGKHLA: Nine people were arrested for allegedly taking illicit drugs, and a quantity of crystal methamphetamine was seized during a police raid on a house in Muang district of this southern province.
Wanted contract killer on police blacklist arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/09/2023
» SONGKHLA - An alleged contract killer, ranked 186 on the Royal Thai Police blacklist of gunmen for hire, has been arrested at a rubber plantation in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
1,200kg of ‘ice’ destined for Malaysia seized
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/05/2023
» SONGKHLA: Police seized 1,200 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine worth 120 million baht, destined for Malaysia, after surrounding a house in Na Mom district but the smugglers managed to flee.
20 armed men overpower cops in botched drug sting
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/10/2022
» SONGKHLA: About 20 armed men overpowered six drug enforcement officials whose two-stage sting operation started well - but later ended with their abduction and the loss of the seized drugs, police sources said.
Boy,16, caught with 112,000 meth pills
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 16-year-old boy was arrested and 112,000 methamphetamine pills seized by drug suppression police in a search of a house in Hat Yai district on Sunday.
Drug courier arrested, 390kg of crystal meth seized
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/06/2022
» SONGKHLA: A drug courier was arrested and 390 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine seized from his pickup truck in Chana district of this southern border province on Friday.
Man paid by fugitive son-in-law to deliver drugs
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 04/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: A 53-year-old man caught with 300 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in his pickup told police he was being paid to deliver the drugs by his son-in-law and a woman who had both fled to Laos.
Drugs hidden in deep fryers for shipping overseas
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/03/2022
» SONGKHLA: More than half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine was seized and two suspects arrested in Rattaphum district of this southern province on Sunday in a joint operation by police, military and local administrative officials.