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Capture of American drug suspect leads to more arrests
Published on 26/09/2013
» PHUKET – Drug police arrested an American wanted for trafficking in the United States on Wednesday evening, and then rounded up five more suspected gang members in a highly secretive operation in Phuket on Wednesday evening.
Experts find meth idea a bitter pill to swallow
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/06/2016
» Health experts have voiced concern over removing methamphetamines from the narcotics list as part of new anti-drug measures proposed by Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya, saying it will not reduce the number of drug users.
Crackdown nets drugs worth B167m
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/08/2019
» The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) has confiscated more than 1.4 million speed pills and other drugs valued at over 167 million baht in its latest campaign against illicit drugs.
QuickWrap Podcast
Published on 21/06/2019
» A quick look back at some of the week's top stories in the Bangkok Post.
Online sale, new routes 'will lead to boom in drug trade'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/01/2020
» While the economy still shows no sign of pulling out of last year's tepid growth, the one industry that may see a real boom in 2020 is the drug trade.
Government 'won't legalise' meth
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/06/2016
» Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has confirmed the government will not legalise methamphetamine, but will remove it from the dangerous narcotic drugs list that includes hard drugs such as heroin.
Cops say corpses probably drug mules
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2020
» Seven corpses found floating in a reservoir in Chiang Rai province less than one kilometre from the Thai-Myanmar border are suspected to have come from a neighbouring country, deputy police spokesman, Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen said yesterday.
Board tackles drug problem head-on
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/01/2017
» The new secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board is adopting measures to better cope with drug problems by making Thailand a regional anti-drug centre and forming a stronger network of allies.
Embassies gird for drug gangs blitz
News, Published on 14/07/2017
» Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to bolster joint efforts against transnational drug trafficking by mutually sending liaison officers to better crack down on drug gangs.
Take war to drug czars
News, Published on 12/05/2015
» The latest renewal of the battle against illicit drugs is both welcome and lamentably incomplete. Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has officially kicked off another stage of the Safe Mekong Joint Operation. Thailand and three neighbours sharing the river will step up operations against both makers and smugglers in the Mekong corridor. Meanwhile, authorities have finally launched campaigns to stifle the rampant drug-dealing from within prisons. As usual, promises to help the victims of drug trafficking are left behind.