CHIANG RAI, March 22 – Husband and wife were arrested in Chiang Rai with 1.7 million methamphetamine pills and 12 kilogrammes of crystal meth or “ice”, hidden in a specially built compartment of a 6-wheel-truck. A joint operation of military and police arrested Mr Rueangsak Phochara, 40, and Ms Anocha Maneethong, 41, husband and wife […]
CHIANG RAI, 23 March 2014 (NNT) – Anti-narcotics police confiscated more than 30 kilograms of crystal meth and 700,000 speed pills in an operation in the north of Thailand on the weekend. Acting on a tip off, police followed a pick up truck on the highway between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai to a meeting […]
Thirty-one girls were rescued and four human-traffic suspects arrested in a police sting operation early yesterday that targeted three karaoke bars in Chacherngsao’s Ban Pho district. Thirty of the girls are immigrants and one is Thai. Read more: The Nation
SA KAEO, March 23 – Some 15 ethnic Muslim Uighurs from China’s Xinjiang region were detained in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo intending to emigrate to Turkey. A joint border patrol operation of Thai soldiers and police discovered a group of 15 Muslims refugees, 10 of whom were children, hidden in a forest 200 […]
Thousands of redshirt supporters of the caretaker government from central provinces gathered at the ancient capital of Ayutthaya today to back the government to remain in power. The redshirts arrived by boats buses, mainly from Samut Prakan, Pathumthani, Nonthaburi, Singburi, Ang Thong, Chai-nat, Ratchaburi and Suphanburi. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
BANGKOK, 10 March 2014 (NNT) – The Pollution Control Department has warned six northern provinces of continued smog and its tendency to increase after more hot spots occurred. Director-General of the Pollution Control Department Wichian Chungrungrueng on Monday reported the results of air quality tests in the northern region, saying that an PM10 level in […]
CHIANG RAI, 8 March 2014 (NNT) – Police have confiscated more than 800,000 tablets of methamphetamine in an operation in the northern border province of Chiang Rai. Police officers clashed with a group of armed men who were carrying seven packs from Myanmar into Thai territory on Saturday. After a 20 minute long gun fight, […]
BANGKOK, March 5 – A prosecutor filed a lawsuit against caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and six others at the Administrative Court on Wednesday asking the court to order them to pay Bt2.7 million plus interest in overdue payments to a group of 22 farmers from Kanchanaburi province. Another group of farmers will follow suit. […]
