CHIANG RAI, OCT 29 (TNA) – Thai authorities have seized a large haul of over 14 million tablets of methamphetamine, known in Thai as YABA, from a suspected trafficking group near Myanmar border in the northernmost province of Chiang Rai. In a coordinated operation by army troops, military ranger and naval force officers, the two […]
BANGKOK, Oct 29 (TNA) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha takes a field trip to the northern province of Phayao and Chiang Rai as he is scheduled to hold a cabinet meeting at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University tomorrow. The prime minister and delegation this morning met with the local people at Phayao Municipality Office and […]
The body of a newborn baby was found floating in the Kok River in Chiang Rai’s Muang district on Saturday morning. Pol Maj Supachai Kanthasing, of Muang Chiang Rai police, said the body was spotted floating in the river under a bridge near the Chiang Rai Highway district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
More than 20 million speed pills and 100kg of crystal methamphetamine — worth over 2 billion baht — have been seized and three alleged traffickers arrested in two major police operations in Chiang Rai province. Part of the massive illicit drug haul seized between Oct 13 and 14 was displayed during a media briefing at […]
A Norwegian tourist died Sunday evening when the motorbike he was riding crashed into another bike that cut into his path on a Chiang Rai road, police said. Police said I. M. B. (not official spelling), 29, was killed in the accident, which occurred in front of the Rajabhat Chiang Rai University in Muang district […]
A mild 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred in Chiang Rai’s Phan district on Saturday morning, the Seismological Bureau of the Meteorological Department reported. The bureau said the earthquake had an epicentre about 15 kilometres underground at latitude 19.45 degrees and longitude 99.60 degrees. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A 21-year-old woman was arrested in Chiang Rai on Monday evening driving a motorcycle allegedly laden with two cardboard boxes containing 100,000 methamphetamine pills. The woman identified only as Pin was stopped by tipped-off Border Patrol police at 5.30pm in Ban Payang, Mae Sai district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
The main highway between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces in the upper North has been reopened to traffic after the five sections damaged by a flash flood were repaired. Pol Col Pongpeera Karaket, chief of Doi Saket police station in Chiang Mai, said the five sections of the highway were cut off by a […]
