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More illegal items found in Khao Bin
Online Reporters, Published on 10/02/2012
» More than 800 packets of cigarettes, pornographic magazines, cell phone chargers, gambling accessories and sharp improvised weapons were discovered during a police raid on Khao Bin Central Prison in in Ratchaburi province on Friday morning.
B50m marijuana bust
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2012
» Police seized about two tonnes of marijuana worth an estimated 50 million baht hidden under a load of sand being carried by a truck in Nakhon Phanom on Monday.
Alcohol, tobacco taxes up
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2012
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Finance Ministry's proposal to raise the excise tax on liquor and tobacco, meaning an immediate increase in the retail price of liquor and cigarettes, but not beer or wine.
Prakit: Tax tobacco, not just cigarettes
Online Reporters, Published on 21/11/2012
» Thailand should gradually increase excise tax on tobacco as part of efforts to reduce the number of smokers, because taxes on cigarettes are not working, according to Prakit Vathesatogkit, a prominent tobacco control advocate.
Boy denied B5 for cigarettes commits suicide
Online Reporters, Published on 03/12/2012
» BANGKOK – A 15 year-old boy is believed to have hanged himself because he was upset that his father refused to give him money to buy cigarettes.
Half of police breathalysers don't work
Online Reporters, Published on 21/12/2012
» Police scrambled to defend their alcohol testing programme after scientists reported that almost half of the breathalysers they tested gave erroneous readings or did not work at all.
Rocker Sek Loso causing concern
Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2012
» Some people in Uttaradit have called on the provincial governor to reconsider allowing rock star Seksan "Sek Loso" Sukpimai perform in the northern province after the singer-guitarist smoked cigarettes on stage during a recent performance.
Bigger cigarette warnings possible
Online Reporters, Published on 01/02/2013
» The Public Health Ministry is considering making the graphic warnings on cigarette packs even bigger to further curb smoking.
Ministry to upsize cigarette warnings
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2013
» Health warnings on packets of cigarettes are to be enlarged to cover 85% of the packaging.
Sixth grader gang-raped by students
Online Reporters, Published on 06/02/2013
» A sixth grader was gang raped by students from her school in Samut Prakan province last week and the assault was recorded by one of the boys with his smart phone camera, police said on Wednesday.