Drug gangs selling meths at only 5 baht a pill in 3 Northeastern border provinces
DRUG barons have slashed the price of methamphetamine pills to only 5 baht each after weakening the composition with this low-priced variety now available at three Northeastern border provinces, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 20). Col. Sivadol Yarklai, commander of Third Infantry Division and head of the drug suppression unit in the Northeastern […]
Read MoreScores rounded up for drug use in raid on new Chonburi pub
ROUNDED UP in a raid on the newly-opened NASA pub in Chonburi at 1 a.m. today (June 15) were 157 revellers found to have taken drugs while lots of sachets containing narcotics had been discarded on the floor, Amarin TV said. A Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) team of officials together with local and […]
Read MorePM shocked at deputy minister’s cousin being held for drugs
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said this morning (June 11) he was shocked to hear that a cousin of Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset had been arrested on drug charges, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. Speaking to reporters at Government House, the prime minister said he had not met Chada today as he […]
Read MorePolice rushing to expand probe after 14-year-old boy was caught smuggling drugs
THE Narcotics Suppression Bureau is quickly further investigating the use of juveniles as drug couriers after a 14-year-old boy was caught smuggling 5.6 million methamphetamine pills in Chiang Mai, Sanook.com said today (May 5). At 3 p.m. yesterday, Pol. Lt. Gen. Kirisak Tantinwachai, commander of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, along with Pol. Maj. Gen. […]
Read MoreDrug runner held in seizure 6 million meth pills
IN THE biggest drug bust ever recorded in northeastern Chaiyaphum province six million methamphetamine pills were seized from a pickup truck with the driver trafficking the drug also arrested, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 20). Announcing the record drug seizure at Chaiyaphum provincial police building today were Pol. Lt. Gen. Thakur Nattheesri, commander of […]
Read MoreBig drug trafficker shot dead in clash with police
A MAJOR drug trafficker with three warrants issued for his arrest was shot dead in a clash with police at his house Nakhon Si Thammarat during which he flung a grenade at them, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 6). A Provincial Police Region 8 team found out that the unidentified drug dealer […]
Read MoreDisabled elderly woman nabbed for selling drugs
A DISABLED 78-year-old woman was arrested at northeastern Roi Et city on charges of selling methamphetamine pills to teenagers in the area, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 14). Roi Et Narcotics Prevention and Suppression Operations Centre officials had found out that Mrs. Chotima Jeremiah, who is disabled and bedridden, […]
Read MoreRussian man wanted on drug charge nabbed after hiding in Thailand for 10 years
IMMIGRATION Bureau police today (Feb. 9) arrested a Russian man wanted in his home country on a drug charge after hiding in Thailand by overstaying his visa for more than 10 years, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Phanthana Nuchanart, deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau, said the Chonburi office team was tipped […]
Read MorePoliceman nabbed in uniform for drug dealing just outside police station
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POLICE OFFICER WAS TODAY (Jan.19) arrested shortly after he had allegedly literally delivered speed pills in return for money just outside the police station where he had been stationed in Nakhon Sawan. The suspected policeman-turned-drug dealer, only identified as Pol.Sec.Lt. Sutthirat, 55, had allegedly literally handed a bag of […]
Read MoreTransnational drug kingpin nabbed and 105m baht assets seized
ARRESTED by the police in their “Devil’s Wing Operation 67/1” is the head of a transnational drug network and his finance chief with 34 assets, including a house, four plots of land, cars, gold jewellery and firearms worth 105 million baht seized, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 4). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. […]
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