Chinese men held for smuggling drugs in perfume bottles
SOLDIERS and police today (Mar. 5) arrested two Chinese men and their Thai driver at a petrol pump in Kanchanburi province just as they were getting ready to smuggle drugs hidden in luxury perfume bottles to Myanmar, Amarin TV said. Acting on a tipoff that the two Chinese men at a petrol pump in […]
Read MoreIsraeli restaurateur nabbed in big drug bust on Koh Phangan
IN A sting operation Tourist Police together with local administration officials and a team from Koh Phangan police station arrested an Israeli man who runs a restaurant on the popular tourist island as a front for trafficking drugs and seized over 50 million baht of a variety of narcotics, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. […]
Read MoreIsraeli restaurateur nabbed in big drug bust on Koh Phangan
IN A sting operation Tourist Police together with local administration officials and a team from Koh Phangan police station arrested an Israeli man who runs a restaurant on the popular tourist island as a front for trafficking drugs and seized over 50 million baht of a variety of narcotics, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. […]
Read MoreForeign cocaine trafficking gang busted at Koh Phangan
A CRACKDOWN on a foreign cocaine trafficking ring on Koh Phangan led to the arrest of a Canadian man, a Nigerian man and his Thai wife over the last couple of days, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 28). Upon being ordered Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Puek-am, commander of Tourist Police, to intensify investigation of foreigners […]
Read MoreMalaysian man held for driving car loaded with Ketamine back home
A MALAYSIAN man was arrested at a checkpoint in Chumphon province after 75kg of Ketamine worth over 70 million baht was found hidden in the trunk of the car he was driving but the suspect claims he was just hired to drive the vehicle back home and did not know this drug was hidden […]
Read MoreHalf a tonne of Ice heading for Indonesia seized off Phuket
THAI Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) officials together with a team of navy officers raided a passenger ship anchored off Phuket’s Ao Chalong pier and seized half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and some Ketamine which were being taken to Indonesia, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 29). ONCB Secretary-General Pol. Gen. Panurat […]
Read MoreAustralian man held at airport for smuggling Ice
AN AUSTRALIAN man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport after a search of his luggage found 1.2-million-baht worth of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden within, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Aug. 18). Mr. Panthong Loikulnan, the Customs Department’s spokesperson, said officials from its Investigation and Suppression Division together with the Airport Interdiction Task Force, the […]
Read More12-year-old girl and adult boyfriend held drug charges
A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD girl and her 35-year-old boyfriend were arrested for distributing methamphetamine pills in Maha Sarakham City today (Aug. 9) after a car chase, Amarin TV said. Following a tip-off that a major drug distributor had a very young girlfriend and would come to pick her up when distributing meth pills in this Northeastern […]
Read MoreAustrian body packer rushed to hospital from airport after swallowing meth pills
AN AUSTRIAN body packer who was rushed to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital from Don Mueang Airport was found to have swallowed 255 methamphetamine pills, Amarin TV said today (June 12). At around 1 p.m. yesterday police at Huamark station were notified that a foreign patient, identified as Mr. Gantner, 43, was hospitalised after suffering convulsions […]
Read MoreDrug kingpin arrested in Laos and sent back to Thailand
A THAI drug kingpin with an announced reward of 1 million baht for his capture was arrested in Laos and handed over to Thai police at Nakhon Phanom today (June 4), Naewna newspaper said. A joint effort by Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau and Laotian police led to the capture of Mr. Piyanan Boonphan, 37, […]
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