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‘Biggest’ Israeli drug dealer on Koh Phangan arrested
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 14/02/2026
» SURAT THANI - A major Israeli drug dealer, who operated out of the restaurant he owned on Koh Phangan, was arrested on Friday with narcotics worth over 50 million baht seized, authorities said.
Record drug haul in Songkhla worth B117 million
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/03/2025
» SONGKHLA - Authorities have seized about 200 kilogrammes of heroin and 2.7 million speed pills with a combined worth of more than 117 million baht and arrested two suspected drug couriers in the largest-ever drug haul in this southern province.
Fake B1,000 note passed in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/03/2021
» SONGKHLA: A customer used a fake 1,000-baht note to purchase goods from a convenience store in Hat Yai district early on Tuesday morning.
Big meth, heroin seizure in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/11/2020
» SONGKHLA: Narcotics suppression police have arrested a man with 27 kilogrammes of heroin and almost one million methamphetamine pills in his possession, in Hat Yai district
Retired teacher on long 'biking for the King' mission
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/07/2020
» SONGKHLA: A 75-year-old retired teacher has set off on a solo 23-day bicycle ride from his hometown in southern Pattani province to Nong Khai in the Northeast, as a tribute to His Majesty the King's 68th birthday.
10 from three southern drug gangs caught
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/05/2019
» Ten members of three major drug gangs in Phatthalung and Narathiwat provinces have been arrested separately, with speed pills and heroin worth a combined 200 million baht seized.
Phattalung on alert after wave of homemade bombs
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/03/2019
» PHATTHALUNG: A security alert has been issued in this southern border province after seven bombs exploded -- and three others were discovered and destroyed -- in Pak Phayun district on Sunday morning. There were no casualties, police said.
King cobra caught in Songkhla home
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/03/2018
» SONGKHLA: A 3.2-metre king cobra was found in a house in Nathawi district of this southern province on Sunday.