Chiang Rai police arrested four men for allegedly possessing more than one million Yaba pills with a street value of about Bt300 million in Mae Chan district on Sunday, deputy prime minister Chalerm Yubamrung told a press conference Monday. Presenting the four suspects – Chamnong Yeubao, 36, a former drug convict released in 2009, Sombat […]
Police have arrested a Chiang Rai man and seized 1.368 million yaba tablets and 108 kilograms of crystal meth worth a total of Bt1 billion, National Police chief Priewpan Damapong announced at a press conference on Tuesday. The suspect, Weera Saelee, 25, was nabbed in Chiang Rai’s Thoeng district on Monday night as he, along […]
CHIANG RAI, Aug 4- Heavy incessant overnight rain triggered a flash flood and overflowing waterways affecting riverside houses and business areas along the Thailand-Myanmar border in Mae Sai district of Thailand’s northernmost province. Currently, the water level in the Sai River, which borders Thailand and Myanmar, has reached 2.48 metres, exceeding its critical level of […]
Police and troops clashed with alleged drug traffickers trying to smuggle 70 kilograms of “ice” and more than 500,000 methamphetamine pills across the border from Myanmar early Monday morning, killing eight of the suspects. Following the clash at 4am in the mountains near the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sai district, the Thai authorities recovered eight […]
CHIANG RAI – Thai police arrested two women on Monday for trafficking a kilogramme of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, found hidden in their brassieres. Sripai Siput, 43, from Khon Kaen, and Maneerat Ngam-nangnak, 35, from Sakon Nakhon, were among the passengers in a bus travelling from Chiang Rai to Bangkok, police said. Read more: Bangkok […]
The crackdown on drugs continues, with several suspects arrested and a large haul of narcotics seized in separate raids across the country. In Surat Thani, police arrested a male nurse and six others for allegedly dealing in “ice” flakes and amphetamines. A manhunt is also on for eight other members of this ring who are […]
CHIANG RAI, March 15 – The thick atmospheric haze blanketing Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai reached a critical level Monday, particularly in Mae Sai district, which went over the top, registering over 400 microgrammes per cubic metre. The level of 431.6 microgrammes per cubic metre, which exceeded a safety standard of 120 microgrammes per […]
A 19 year-old man was arrested while trying to smuggle a cell phone into Chiang Rai Prison. Nineteen year-old Kietkul Cheurmur, a native of Chiang Rai Province, was arrested while trying to throw ten cellphone headsets across the wall of Chiang Rai Central Prison. Read more: TAN Network
