Laotian anti-narcotics agents Friday seized a cargo boat on the Mekong River along with 22 million amphetamine tablets found hidden on board, after a shootout with the crew in which two suspects were killed and several others disappeared after jumping overboard. The nationalities of the dead suspects and of the vessel could not be ascertained […]
BANGKOK, 1 April 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warned residents in 17 provinces nationwide to brace for tropical storms during the next two days. The DDPM said that a high pressure cell from China colliding with a low pressure cell covering the upper part of Thailand is set to create […]
CHIANG RAI, 17 MARCH 2013 (NNT) – The smoke haze situation in the Northern Province of Mae Hong Son remains critical with the visibility at 1.5 kilometers. Meanwhile, the level of dust particles in Chiang Rai has exceeded the safety standard. On Sunday, the level of dust particles in Muang and Mae Sai districts of […]
BANGKOK, March 14 – A seven-year scheme for a dual track rail system, to be developed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), will change the face of the nation, a senior official said today. SRT Governor Prapas Chongsa-nguan said the government is issuing a bill to seek Bt2 trillion in loans for the project […]
BANGKOK, 12 March 2013 (NNT) – Thailand continues to be hit by a bout of natural disasters, with severe drought conditions plaguing the North and tropical storms damaging homes in the Northeast. In Chiang Mai, where water in major dams has dropped to 45 percent of total capacity, 16 districts have been declared drought disaster […]
BANGKOK, March 10 – Thai police killed two ethnic Hmong drug traders and arrested four others in a clash with a drug trafficking gang in the north, seizing two million methamphetamine pills and 50 kilogrammes of crystal meth pills. The authorities learned that drug traffickers along the Myanmar border in Chiang Rai plotted to move […]
CHIANG RAI, March 10 – Soldiers clashed with a drug gang in this northern province, killing one member of the gang and seizing approximately 60,000 methamphetamine pills. The clash occurred in Mae Fah Luang district. Three suspicious men were riding two motorcycles on Mae Chan – Mae Salong – Terdthai Road to Mae Chan district. […]
BANGKOK, 25 February 2013 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung and Royal Thai Police Commissioner-General Adul Saengsingkaew announced the arrests of major drug traffickers in the northern region and the confiscation of more than 5 million pills of methamphetamine. 15 people were arrested in 4 cases, and officials were able to seize 136 kilograms […]
