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Drug trafficker killed in Chiang Mai shootout
Gary Boyle, Published on 31/12/2025
» One drug trafficker was shot dead and another escaped during a clash with police in Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai province on Monday night, after which at least 2 million methamphetamine pills were found in their car.
‘Construction workers’ arrest Nigerian drug dealers in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/10/2025
» Undercover police who dressed like construction workers arrested numerous suspected Nigerian drug dealers in the Nana area of Bangkok early Sunday morning.
Thailand threatens vapers with tougher legal action
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/04/2025
» The Thai government will take tougher action against e-cigarette smokers, who can be charged with receiving smuggled products.
Tourists offered free Thai holiday for smuggling weed to Britain
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/11/2024
» British authorities have asked Thai police to arrest Britons smuggling cannabis back to the UK in exchange for a free holiday in Thailand.
Cannabis controls to be tightened
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/10/2024
» The Public Health Ministry will issue a new regulation to tighten control of the production, import, export, sale and possession of cannabis and hemp extracts.
110kg of crystal meth seized at Bangkok hotel
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/04/2024
» Police seized 110 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine along with other drugs and arrested two smugglers at a hotel in Bangkok on Thursday.
13 killed in drug shootout
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/12/2023
» Thirteen drug smugglers died during a shootout with the military near the Myanmar border in Mae Fa Luang district on Saturday night.
Macaques found stuffed in smugglers' pickup
Gary Boyle, Published on 07/03/2023
» Forty-seven macaques being smuggled out of Thailand for probable use in Chinese traditional medicine were found in cages on the back of pickup truck in Nakhon Ratchasima.
UK dogs to sniff out pangolin smugglers in Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/03/2023
» Two Labrador dogs, which have been trained by British police, are to be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of pangolins.
Illegal migrants rounded up after murder
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/06/2022
» More than 100 illegal Myanmar migrants were arrested when officials raided rented houses in Hat Yai district on Thursday night following the murder of a local man.