CHIANG RAI, 14 April 2014 (NNT) – The Chiang Rai Provincial Police along with the patrol police went down to Chiang Rai Beach to check on a tourist who has been injured as a result of an elephant attack. Police officers have identified the victim as 18 year-old Rojana Saengthong, who was then quickly rushed […]
CHIANG RAI, April 12 – Seven suspected drug dealers were killed in a clash with authorities in Chiang Rai while 700,000 methamphetamine pills were seized. The Pha Muang Task Force and Thai Army Rangers were on patrol duty to inspect drug smuggling in Mae Salong Nai sub-district, Mae Fah Luang district of Chiang Rai, and […]
A grenade was lobbed at a group of youths in front of a pub in Chiang Rai’s Muang district yesterday morning, injuring seven people, two of them seriously. Police were checking CCTV footage and interviewing eyewitnesses. Read more: The Nation
The detective police team of Region 5 raided a karaoke shop called “Khrua Booppha Sawan Cherng Doi” in Amphur Pharn, Chiang Rai Province after reports that some Laotian girls were selling sexual services. The victims were between 15-18 years old. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
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 […]
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, […]
Police have arrested suspected drug traffickers in several cases and seized 3.6 kilogrammes of heroin, a large number of methamphetamine and assets believed to have been acquired using drug money in the northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. Read more: Bangkok Post
