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Reflecting the success of recent drug raids, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expects to have a new storehouse for seized narcotics within three months as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged all Thais to help the government stamp out drug trafficking.The new facility, which can store up to 110
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BANGKOK, 23 June 2017, (NNT) - The Prime Minister has recently handed out awards to various agencies for their efforts to address illegal drug issues, which he considered a national threat.Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha personally handed out plaques honoring 216 individuals and organizations for their efforts in thwarting illegal
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Accused Lao drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha on Monday denied all charges in relation to the case in which he and accomplices allegedly smuggled 1.2 million methamphetamine, or ya ba, pills into Thailand in September last year.He was speaking before the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road, where the pre-trial examination of
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Police and troops raided an apartment in Bangkok’s Saphan Sung district early Monday morning and arrested four men for allegedly selling drugs on Facebook and mailing them to customers disguised as soap.Patrol and Special Operation Division (191) commander Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal led police and troops to raid the Wun
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PHUKET: Police arrested a Phuket-bound man for transporting ya ba (methamphetamine) worth 800,000 baht at a Tah Chat Chai checkpoint yesterday afternoon.Lt Col Tawach Tansakul of Tah Chat Chai police and his team apprehended Anan Navarat, 39, at about 3pm.Full story: Phuket GazetteKritsada Mueanhawong, Phuket Gazette
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BANGKOK, 28 April 2017 (NNT) – The Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) destroyed 21 tons of chemicals used as narcotic compounds.ONCB Secretary General Sirinya Sitdhichai presided over the ceremony for the destroying of narcotic compounds participated by officials from related agencies, the police, liaison officials, and those from the
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Thai narcotic suppression police have smashed an international drug trafficking gang with link to the detained Laotian drug lord Xaysana Keopimpha and confiscated over 70 million baht assets of the gang.Four gang members were arrested.The arrest and seizure of the assets followed a year long investigation and tracking of the
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A Laotian man described as a major drug lord in Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Bangkok court to charges that could carry the death penalty, including smuggling and possession.Xaysana Keopimpha, 41, had been dubbed an “ASEAN Drug Lord” and Thai authorities said he
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