Mae Sai district chief transferred over sex trafficking of teen girls
IMMEDIATELY transferred today (July 7) were the chief and deputy chief of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district after raids of two karaoke lounges on the Thai-Myanmar border found girls younger than 18 years of age serving customers with this being illegal sex trafficking of minors, MNG Online said. Mr. Manrat Rattanasukhon, director-general of Interior […]
Read More#Savemaesai – PM2.5 soars over 700, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son also affected
THE AIR quality index measured by the Public Health Office in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province at 5 a.m. this morning (Mar. 27) showed that the concentration of ultrafine dust particles smaller than 2.5 micrometres, known as PM2.5, was 738 micrograms per cubic metre, Sanook.com said. This reading, published on AQICN.org, is […]
Read MoreChiang Rai residents tweeting for help as PM2.5 skyrockets
AMID alarm that PM.2.5, which are tiny particulate matter that can dangerously clog lungs, has soared to 480 micrograms per cubic metre in parts of Chiang Rai province as measured at 11 a.m. today (Mar. 26) residents of this northern province have taken to Twitter to appeal for help from the authorities, Sanook.com said. […]
Read MoreHailing again in Chiang Mai with Chiang Rai too lashed
IT IS raining and hailing for the second day in a row in Chiang Mai with Chiang Rai too hit today (Mar. 19) while photos shared by a local news page showed farmland covered with large hailstones, TV Channel An academic disaster warning Facebook page said at 4.30 p.m. today that the Royal Rainmaking […]
Read MoreDriver dies, 5 tourists hurt as SUV drives off cliff in Chiang Rai
A SPORTS utility vehicle plunged down a cliff in Chiang Rai yesterday (Jan. 12) killing the driver and seriously injuring three of five Israeli tourists, Naewna newspaper said The vehicle was going up a narrow dirt road to Ban Akha Pang Klang, a hilltribe village in Mae Kon subdistrict, Mueang district, when it drove […]
Read MoreOver 1.5m meth pills seized in clash with drug runners
SOLDIERS patrolling a jungle along the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai province late last night (Nov. 15) clashed with drug traffickers who fled after dumping some homemade backpacks filled with around 1.56 million methamphetamine pills, Naewna newspaper said today (Nov. 16). Col. Suthikhet Srininthin, commander of Pha Muang Task Force’s drug control unit, sent […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta keeps Chiang Rai-Tachileik checkpoint shut
DESPITE Thailand being ready to reopen the Thai-Myanmar checkpoint in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province from today (June 1) onwards the Myanmar government still kept it locked with this seen being due to a lack of officials and concern about the resistance movement, Naewna newspaper said. Reporters at the border saw that the […]
Read MoreThree nabbed in big drug bust near Thai-Lao border
ACTING on a tip-off narcotics suppression police arrested three suspects and seized almost 9 million methamphetamine pills and 50 kilogramme of Ketamine powder being transported inland from the Thai-Lao border in Chaing Rai province last night, Naewna newspaper said today (May 19). Pol. Maj. Gen. Banpot Mungkhangklang, chief of Narcotics Suppression Division 3, sent police […]
Read MoreSoldier arrested on drug charges in Chiang Rai
A TEAM of Chaing Rai policemen arrested a soldier after finding 2 million methamphetamine pills hidden in 20 sacks of hay at a house he had rented in this northern province, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 25). The policemen from Provincial Police Region 5, Mueang Chiang Rai and Ban Du police stations raided this […]
Read MoreOver a million meth pills seized at parcel delivery office
A CRACKDOWN on the use of private parcel delivery services to smuggle drugs from Chiang Rai province to the central and southern regions of the country led to the seizure of 1.1 million methamphetamine pills at one of them, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 16). Pha Muang task force soldiers together with Northern Border […]
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