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Drug smugglers killed in border clashes
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 19/02/2020
» CHIANG RAI: Three drug smugglers were killed and one arrested in two clashes with security forces near the border on Tuesday night and a total of 400,000 methamphetamine pills and 7 kilogrammes of crystal meth were seized, police reported.
New ya ba 'brand' detected in North
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 25/01/2020
» CHIANG RAI: Authorities say a new drug production gang may be emerging along the country’s northern border, following the seizure of 1.7 million methamphetamine pills.
Two arrested with almost 1m meth pills in Chiang Rai
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 09/06/2019
» CHIANG RAI: Combined government forces arrested two men with 962,000 methamphetamine pills in their possession in Chiang Khong district of this northern province on Saturday, Pol Lt Gen Montri Sumbunnanond, commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 5, said on Sunday.
Hunt goes on for drug lord after arrests
News, Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 05/02/2019
» Authorities are determining whether the leader of the Mun Thuk Med (Every Pill is Fun) drug gang was among 81 Thai nationals arrested within 10 kilometres of the Myanmar border opposite Chiang Rai on Sunday for allegedly entering the country illegally.
Smuggler killed in border clash
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 30/11/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Soldiers clashed with drug smugglers near the border early Friday morning, killing one of them and seizing 350,000 methamphetamine pills.
Big meth seizure in Chiang Rai
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 06/11/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Police seized 3.5 million methamphetamine pills found hidden on a roadside in Phaya Mengrai district on Tuesday morning.
500,000 meth pills seized in Chiang Rai
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 04/11/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Half a million methamphetamine pills were seized in an operation to intercept drugs being smuggled into the country across the border with Myanmar in Mae Fa Luang district of this northern border province early Sunday.
UN welcomes move to give cave boys citizenship
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 09/08/2018
» The UN refugee agency welcomed on Thursday a decision by Thailand to grant Thai citizenship to three boys and their soccer coach from among a group of 13 who were rescued from a flooded cave last month.