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2,000kg of meth seized on Samui-bound ferry
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/04/2026
» Police on Friday seized nearly 2,000 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine that was being smuggled in a pickup truck loaded onto a ferry bound for the southern tourist island of Koh Samui, at a pier in Bangkok. Four suspects were arrested.
Large-scale forest encroachment probed in Ranong
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/04/2026
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has filed a complaint against a group of investors and state officials accused of colluding to encroach on more than 3,000 rai of pristine rainforest in Ranong, causing damage estimated at over 200 million baht.
Thai drug kingpin with B1m bounty extradited from Korea
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/04/2026
» A fugitive Thai drug kingpin with a 1-million-baht bounty, who was wanted under 60 arrest warrants and played dead, was arrested in South Korea and extradited to Thailand on Tuesday.
Ang Thong oil depot probe making progress
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/03/2026
» Police are stepping up an investigation into an oil depot in Ang Thong province after two partner companies submitted key documents, while authorities are also considering whether the case may involve fuel hoarding or sales at prices above controlled levels.
Chinese-controlled coconut firms keeping Thai farmers poor
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/03/2026
» Police say that Chinese companies hiding behind Thai nominees illegally control aromatic coconut production in Ratchaburi province, hurt Thai farmers by keeping farm prices very low, and make huge profits from exports.
Operation Pandora nets three Swedes 'tied to darknet narcotics'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/03/2026
» Three Swedish men have been arrested in Thailand following a multinational crackdown on a transnational network accused of running online narcotics markets on the darknet.
Seven held in kidnapping, suspected killing of Bangkok businessman
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/03/2026
» Police have detained seven people suspected of kidnapping the manager of a Bangkok medical instrument company, who was then believed to have been killed and his body burned in Lop Buri.
People's Party deputy chief denies defamation
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2026
» Deputy People's Party leader Rangsiman Rome on Monday pleaded not guilty in a defamation case brought by Benjamin Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, over remarks made during a parliamentary debate.
Land encroachment by Saraburi monastery probed
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/02/2026
» Authorities raided four locations linked to a temple in Saraburi province on Wednesday, uncovering alleged encroachment on more than 2,000 rai of land designated for agricultural reform and the construction of a meditation retreat.
Briton, five Thai women arrested for investment scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2026
» A British man and five Thai women have been arrested for allegedly luring more than 400 Thai and foreign victims — many of them retirees in Pattaya — into an investment scam with promises of exorbitant stock trading returns.