CHIANG RAI, Feb 15 – Thai authorities seized 50kg of crystal methamphetamine, popularly known as ‘ice’ and 2.2 million methamphetamine tablets after a gunfight between Thai police and members of a drug syndicate on Mae Chan-Chiang Saen Road in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district Thursday night. Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested and taken into […]
BANGKOK, 4 February 2013 (NNT) – Several areas in the provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai experienced hailstorms following heavy rains Sunday evening. A Hailstorm was reported in the district of Wieng Haeng and Doi Saket in Chiang Mai province yesterday. According to Chiang Mai’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Director Komsan Suwan-ampha, […]
A 63-year-old Belgian leading a tour group of 30 people in Northern Thailand died in his hotel room in Chiang Rai province. Mr. Rudolf Urbain was suffering from heart disease, and had visited Thai hospitals twice during the trip for his chest pains. Police assumed he died of a heart attack. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
CHIANG RAI, 24 January 2013 (NNT) – Chiang Rai provincial authorities are set to toughen measures to avoid the repeat of last year’s man-made haze crisis. Chiang Rai and other northern provinces recorded the highest level of dust particles last year, exceeding safety standards by a wide margin. Smog severely affects local businesses every year, […]
CHIANG RAI, Jan 6 – Four drug smugglers were killed in a clash with authorities in the northern province of Chiang Rai and 250,000 methamphetamine pills were seized during the operation. The clash came after an informant reported hill tribe drug traffickers in Myanmar planning drug smuggling into Thailand. Read more: MCOT
CHIANG MAI, Dec 25 – Almost 600,000 meth pills and 50kg of meth ingredients were seized in this northern province and the nearby province of Chiang Rai. The methamphetamine components were estimated as sufficient to make as many as 50 million pills, according to police. Read more: MCOT
CHIANG RAI, Dec 11 – The Thai authorities seized 40kg of crystal methamphetamine “ice” and 100,000 meth pills after a gunfight between Thai soldiers and members of a drug syndicate along the Thai-Myanmar border in the northern province of Chiang Rai Monday night. Pha Mueang Task Force deputy chief Col Chainarong Kaewkla and Chiang Rai […]
CHIANG RAI, Dec 9 – Hundreds of thousands of northern residents have been affected by the cold weather prevailing over the region while Chiang Mai’s disaster prevention office planned to ask the governor to declare disaster zones in three districts. In the northernmost province of Chiang Rai, some 260,000 residents so far have been suffering […]
