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Benz's appeal bid backfires
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2021
» The Appeal Court yesterday upheld Akkarakit "Benz Racing" Worrarotecharoendet's conviction on money laundering and drug trafficking charges and more than tripled the jail sentence initially handed down to him.
Prawit orders better joint effort to stem drug influx
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2021
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered security officials to closely cooperate with the Office of the Narcotics Control Board to prevent the trafficking of narcotics from the Golden Triangle into Thailand, as drug labs across the border switch to more cost-effective methods of production.
Northeast drug ring busted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/12/2020
» Nakhon Phanom: Anti-narcotics police swooped on a house in Na Wa district before later arresting its owner in nearby Kalasin, who was suspected to be involved in a major drug smuggling operation.
Court jails ex-politician for drug plot
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/09/2020
» The Criminal Court yesterday jailed Suban Mahachanont, a 58-year-old former parliamentary candidate for the Thai Liberal Party, for 50 years for colluding last year in the trafficking of 985 kilogrammes of crystal meth to the Philippines.
1,374 drug arrests in North in 3 months
Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2020
» Authorities in northern Thailand, a major narcotics trafficking area, arrested 1,374 suspects and seized drugs worth 535 million baht in a three-month crackdown from April to June, according to the regional Army commander.
Drug gangs start to target Laos border
Post Reporters, Published on 06/07/2020
» Thailand has sought help from Laos to step up efforts against drug trafficking along the Thai-Lao border after smugglers changed their routes from the North to Northeast due to heavy suppression along the northern boundary with Myanmar.
PM urges Asean travel relaunch
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2020
» Thailand has called on Asean members to collaborate over public health in a bid to reopen intra-regional travel as part of post-Covid 19 measures to restore the regional economy.
US donates tools to help police fight major criminals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2020
» The United States on Wednesday donated "investigative tools" to bolster Thailand's fight against transitional crime and drug trafficking, said the US Consulate in Chiang Mai.
Cops arrest 61 in laundering case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2020
» Police have arrested 61 people in connection with one of the country's biggest money laundering cases this year valued at over 10 billion baht, said Provincial Police Region 5 (PPR5).
Couriers used to deliver drugs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/06/2020
» Courier services have been extensively used by drug traffickers with 267 cases in the past three years, national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda says.