Tag: Golden Triangle

The Mekong River and the Golden Triangle

North

July 24, 2024

Internet and cell phone signals from Thailand into Golden Triangle cut

The Thai police and officials have begun cutting off telecom signals sent to areas surrounding the King’s Roman entertainment complex in the Golden Triangle today, and dismantling illegal cell sites along the borders with Laos and Myanmar. Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai Officials from Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) joined the operation, codenamed […]

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Tourism

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai

Golden Triangle, the intersection of three countries The Golden Triangle (สามเหลี่ยมทองคำ Saam Liam Thong Kham) is in Chiang Rai Province, in the far north of Thailand. The English name comes from the meeting of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand here, but to the locals it’s Sop Ruak, since this is where the Mekong meets the Ruak […]

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Giant Buddha behind a treasure ship in the Golden Triangle

Tourism

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

Golden Buddha on a Ship – Golden Triangle, Ban Sop Ruak

The Golden Triangle or Sop Ruak is in Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, at the intersection of the three countries: Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Situated in Ban Sop Ruak, near the confluence of the Mekong and the Ruak rivers, there is a huge Golden Buddha statue sitting on a ship. This giant golden Buddha stands […]

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North

November 30, 2021

11 Tons of ‘Ice’ Sent to Australia from Golden Triangle

BANGKOK, Nov 30 (TNA) – The Office of the Narcotics Control Board teams up with international organizations to block the supply of pseudoephedrine, a narcotic precursor, to the Golden Triangle which has sent 11 tons of crystal methamphetamine, aka “ice”, to Australia. Yesterday, ONCB secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkhon held a press conference on international cooperation to […]

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News

June 8, 2021December 6, 2023

Thailand Used as Transit Point for Transport of Illegal Drugs

BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Justice said Thailand has been used by drug traders as a hub and transit point for the transport of illegal drugs to various countries, particularly for the smuggling of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, and heroin. Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said Thailand is rarely used as a drug production base, due […]

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North

March 4, 2017June 2, 2017

Six Mekong nations join hands to eliminate drugs in Golden Triangle

CHIANG MAI, 2nd March 2017 (NNT) – Six nations along the Mekong River have come together at a conference, and agreed to tackle the illegal drugs trade in the Golden Triangle area. Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuwatthana presided over a ministerial meeting under the multilateral Memorandum of Understanding on regional narcotics suppression, held at Shangrila Hotel, […]

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North

October 11, 2016

Alleged major drug trafficker Laota arrested

After two years of manhunt, narcotics police have finally arrested Laota Sanee, an alleged major drug trafficker of the Golden Triangle. Pol Maj-Gen Sommai Kongvisaisook, acting commissioner of narcotics police, disclosed on Tuesday that Laota was apprehended along with 13 other suspects in Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai today. Full story: thaipbs.or.th

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Asia

September 20, 2012

China tries alleged drug lord over Mekong killings

Beijing – A Chinese court on Thursday tried alleged Golden Triangle drug lord Nor Kham and five accomplices over the killing of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river in October. Prosecutors in the south-western city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, charged all six defendants with murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking ships, state […]

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