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ONCB dismisses Mexican meth link
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/12/2019
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board on Thursday played down US claims that Mexican drug cartels are eyeing Thailand as a market for their methamphetamine, citing intelligence reports.
Court upholds sentences for drug baron Lao Ta and son
Online Reporters, Published on 12/12/2019
» The Appeal Court on Thursday upheld the lower court's sentence of life imprisonment for drug baron Lao Ta Saenlee and a woman accomplice, and the death penalty for his son and a male accomplice.
Mexican drug cartels eyeing 'Thai market'
News, Wassana Nanuam and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/12/2019
» HAWAII: Mexican drug syndicates are trafficking methamphetamine into Thailand and other Asian countries, according to Earl Hampton, deputy director of the United States' Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATFW).
Tests clear trucker of taking meth
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/12/2019
» Forensic tests on the hair follicles of a truck driver, who had been arrested in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Sam Roi Yot last month for drug use, did not show traces of methamphetamine as suspected, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said.
Thailand new hub, warns drugs czar
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 07/12/2019
» The appearance in court this week of suspects connected with the smuggling of a huge quantity of drugs from a port in Thailand to Australia confirms that Thailand is becoming a major route for drug cartels in the Golden Triangle, according to Niyom Termsrisuk, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).
Drugs family 'wanted' for burning meth-stealing relative
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 06/12/2019
» SONGKHLA: Arrest warrants have been issued for members of a family after a woman relative who allegedly stole 300 grammes of "ice" from them was set on fire in Bang Klam district.
Three charged over Australia's largest meth seizure
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2019
» CANBERRA: Three people have been charged with drug offences over Australia's largest seizure of methamphetamine, which had been smuggled to Melbourne from Bangkok in stereo speakers.
Mekong nations tighten anti-drug blitz
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 03/12/2019
» The Mekong region is no longer a mysterious place, as it has now become the world's main hub of illicit drugs across multiple frontiers. Last month, anti-drug officials from riparian countries -- Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, China -- and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDODC) met in a series of meetings in Bangkok to forge a new political agreement and plan that would strengthen their cooperation to address the deteriorating drug situation.
Huge drug haul, tablet press seized from trafficker
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 30/11/2019
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Authorities have seized more than 500,000 speed pills, 10 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and a tablet press for making pills from a house rented by a major Myanmar trafficker who was shot dead during a gunfight with police on Friday.
Philippines seizes huge drugs stash, arrests Chinese
Associated Press, Published on 27/11/2019
» MANILA: Philippine police have arrested a suspected Chinese drug trafficker and seized from him one of this year's largest stashes of illegal drugs.