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2 collared for stealing phayung trees in Trang
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/12/2021
» Two men accused of hiring workers to illegally fell phayung (Siamese rosewood) trees in Trang for sale to timber merchants in Laos have been arrested in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
Thieves steal 13 rare trees
News, Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 03/11/2021
» KHON KAEN: Thieves have cut down and made off with 13 mature phayung (rosewood) trees from an agricultural demonstration centre in Ban Phai district of this northeastern province, a village chief said on Tuesday.
Police nab forestry official over alleged corruption
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/03/2021
» A senior natural resources official was arrested on a bribery charge for allegedly demanding two million baht in exchange for the release of seized timber, police said.
500 million baht in assets seized from drug network
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/08/2020
» Five hundred million baht in assets were seized this week from a drug trafficking network after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) began using a new technology designed to analyse financial transaction data.
Man dies in suspected tiger attack
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 01/04/2020
» A tiger is believed to have killed a man who went to investigate noises in the forest while camping with two friends in Thap Lan National Park in Wang Nam Khieo district of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Volunteer claims unit moved to help smugglers
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 07/08/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A former leader of a forest protection volunteer unit based in Phu Khao Luang forest reserve claimed his unit was relieved from duty in order to clear the way for criminal networks to smuggle precious wood.
Back to the railway future?
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/07/2019
» The idea of an adventure walk through a run-down train yard overgrown with tall trees may not be everyone's cup of tea.
No foresight
News, Postbag, Published on 18/06/2019
» It was disappointing to read "Single-ticket Bangkok public transport pushed back to 2020", (BP, June 16). Bangkok has a mostly functional, and rapidly expanding, public transport system, yet it lags so very far behind other large cities in the implementation of very basic technology to allow passengers to use one card (or device) to travel on the entire network.
Army trumpets border drugs suppression effort
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/10/2018
» A massive cache of narcotics, including more than 47 million speed pills, has been seized by army border surveillance units this year, said an army spokesman yesterday.