Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is now in Chiang Rai province to follow up drug suppression and progress in the development of economic zone operations. She was welcomed by a group of hill-tribe people who shouted “PM Soo Soo” as she arrived at the Chiang Rai airport. There was no sign of protest by whistle-blowing […]
SONGKHLA, Feb 2 – Thai authorities on Thursday arrested three suspects allegedly smuggling cannabis and seized 390 kg of cannabis in Hat Yai district of Thailand’s southern border province of Songkhla as well as 360,000 meth pills in northernmost Chiang Rai province. Provincial Police Region Nine commander Lt-Gen Pisit Pisuthsak said the three men, identified […]
Police have arrested four men along with 500,000 ‘yaba’ pills, with a street value of Bt150 million, in Chiang Rai’s Muang district. The men were on their way to deliver the illicit drugs to customers in Ayutthaya. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 22 January 2014 (NNT) – The intense high pressure area maintaining its grasp over Thailand has caused the mercury to drop and fog to occur in many provinces in the North and Northeast. At Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai, heavy fog has reduced road visibility at some spots to between 5 and 10 meters, […]
Rangers clash with drug gang in Chiang Rai, killing 4 of 8 drug smugglers, 3 escaped; 3 knapsacks filled with meth pills, heroin seized. News source: MCOT
PHETCHABUN, Dec 27 – A Chiang Rai-Khon Kaen interprovincial air-conditioned bus plunged from a bridge in Phetchabun late last night killing at least 32 passengers, with four persons seriously injured. The bus reportedly fell 50 metres from the Huai Tong bridge on Lom Sak-Chum Phae in Lom Sak district of Phetchabun. Thirty passengers were initially […]
A rear tyre on the right undercarriage of Thai Airways International flight TG 130 burst shortly after the plane touched down on the runway at Mae Fa Luang airport in Chiang Rai province on Tuesday. No injuries were reported. Read more: Bangkok Post
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 20 Oct 2013 (NNT) – The flooding in Phimai District of Nakhon Ratchasima worsened as the flood water inundating homes along the Mun River rose to as high as a meter. The flood level along the banks of Mun River was between 80 centimeters and 1 meter, forcing residents in the area to […]
