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Two arrested, 3m meth pills seized
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/01/2025
» Narcotics Suppression Bureau police have seized 3 million methamphetamine pills and arrested two drug couriers at a house in Nakhon Pathom.
Concern as more young drug dealers arrested in NE Thailand
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 25/08/2024
» BURI RAM: Two minors have been arrested in this northeastern province on suspicion of selling illicit drugs, raising fears that more young people are becoming drug dealers.
6m yaba pills seized after gunfight in Chiang Dao
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 02/06/2024
» CHIANG MAI: Soldiers have seized 6 million methamphetamine pills left by smugglers following a brief gunfight in Chiang Dao district of this northern province.
Deadly mix of guns, drugs and domestic violence
AFP, Published on 08/10/2022
» As the country reels from one of its worst mass killings, those on the frontline of family violence, drug addiction and mental illness in a country awash with guns say support systems are in crisis and need a shake-up to prevent further tragedies.
Thai meth barons look closer to home as pandemic curbs exports
Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith of AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» Cheaper than a coffee but powerful enough to keep him riding Bangkok's streets without sleep, Soonthorn puts a flame to a methamphetamine tablet wrapped in foil and inhales the intoxicating vapours.
Supreme Court confirms life sentence for Lao drug kingpin
Online Reporters, Published on 22/12/2020
» The Supreme Court has rejected a Lao drug kingpin's request to appeal his life sentence for smuggling more than a million "yaba" pills into Thailand.
'Drugs' clip causes a stir
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Wassayos Ngamkham & Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 13/12/2020
» A TikTok clip of a Thai worker living in South Korea playing with what appears to be a yaba pill has sparked controversy and concern over possible damage to the reputation of Thai workers in this East Asian country.
Court jails ex-politician for drug plot
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/09/2020
» The Criminal Court yesterday jailed Suban Mahachanont, a 58-year-old former parliamentary candidate for the Thai Liberal Party, for 50 years for colluding last year in the trafficking of 985 kilogrammes of crystal meth to the Philippines.
Man shot from ambush in Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 16/09/2020
» NARATHIWAT: A man on a motorcycle on his way to a business appointment was shot and wounded from ambush in Rueso district on Tuesday night.
No end in sight for carnage in deep South, despite peace talks
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 12/01/2020
» Despite some positive signs observed in the fight to contain the southern unrest over the past 16 years, there has been little progress in the peace talks between the government and groups linked with violence in the deep South which are seen as a key mechanism in bringing the unrest to an end.