Low-grade meth pills, cheaper than soft drinks, entering Isaan
DRUG lords are sending cheap methamphetamine pills costing less than 10 baht each with the precursor being insecticide into the Northeast with 10 million of these pills seized over the past week, TV Channel 7 quoted senior Surasak Montri Task Force officers as saying today (Feb. 26). Col. Suriwat Akkaporn-dechapong, head of 21st Ranger […]
Read MoreNaval officer busted for drugs
A CHONBURI police team this morning (Dec. 15) arrested a naval officer on drug trafficking charges under a warrant issued by Nong Khai Provincial Court, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Jakraphan Kittisiriphonkul, deputy chief of Chonburi Police, together with Pol. Col. Panya Dumlek, head of Sattahip police station, and their team took Petty Officer […]
Read MorePolice general transferred over drug allegations
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas ordered the transfer of Pol. Maj. Gen.Wasamae Salae, head of Narathiwat provincial police, to the headquarters in Bangkok amid allegations of links to drug cartels, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Oct. 20). Pol. Gen. Damrongsak, who assigned Pol. Maj. Gen. Wasamae to duties at the Operations Centre, […]
Read MoreVictim files complaint against brutal romance scam in Philippines
A THAI woman filed a complaint with police about being tricked into working for a romance scam in the Philippines and being handcuffed and severely beaten, including use of electric shocks and waterboarding, upon asking to return home but finally being freed after paying 100,000 baht ransom but with a threat of filming and […]
Read MoreDrug trafficker killed in shootout with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER identified as a major distributor in several districts of Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi provinces was shot dead by narcotics police in a shootout as he was trying to flee his home in a pickup truck with police chasing him in their sedan yesterday afternoon, Matichon newspaper said this morning (August 18). The […]
Read MoreHunt on for drug runners disguised as ambulance crew
POLICE are chasing drug traffickers disguised as ambulance paramedics who fled to Bangkok in their fake ambulance after a shootout in Saraburi province earlier today (June 5), Sanook.com said. Found after an inter-provincial road chase was the fake ambulance, carrying a Bangkok licence plate with no plate at the rear, abandoned in Soi Suwinthawong […]
Read MorePolice crackdown on gangs sending victims to ‘hell fishing boats’
A TEAM of top police officers led raids on six locations in three provinces to crush human trafficking gangs that send their victims to “hell fishing boats” where they are forced to work like slaves and beaten if they refuse to take drugs, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 5). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. […]
Read MoreThai-Australian joint action nets Ice hidden in old printer
A JOINT investigation by Thai Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) led to the arrest of a woman who was parcelling 989 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden in a secret compartment of an old printer to Australia, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Apr. 8). Mr. Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general […]
Read MoreSoldiers and drug runners clash at Golden Triangle
A GUNFIGHT broke out between soldiers from the Pha Muang Task Force backed by the Mekong River Operation Unit and a group of drug traffickers at the Thai side of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai province last night leading to a large amount of drugs being seized, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 12). Some […]
Read More2m meth pills being smuggled to Bangkok for New Year seized
FIVE men were arrested on the charges of attempting to smuggle over 2 million methamphetamine pills from Nong Khai province to Bangkok for sale during the New Year festivities, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 30). Pol. Maj. Gen. Thammasak Pinthong, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 4, together with other senior officers briefed the press […]
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