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Police from the Provincial Police Region 5 on Thursday (Aug 17) arrested two men with 4.1 million methamphetamine pills and 200 kilogrammes of ketamine from a house in Mae Sai district.The two were identified as Supachai Rungruang and Kittipong Phanchompu.Full story: thaipbs.or.thBy Thai PBS
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Twenty-five criminals were killed overnight in the Philippine capital Manila, police said on Thursday, including 14 in anti-drug operations in a second night of heavy bloodshed this week as a fierce war on drugs intensifies.The killings across Manila followed 32 deaths in near-simultaneous police operations on Monday
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AYUTTHAYA - Six million methamphetamine pills were seized from two vehicles abandoned near a security checkpoint on Asia highway 2 in Maha Rat district shortly after midnight.A fleeing suspect, named as Thanakorn Phansila, was arrested soon after.Full story: Bangkok PostSUNTHORN PONGPAO BANGKOK POST
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A 20-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday night allegedly trying to ferry 120,000 ya ba pills through a drugs checkpoint in Lampang.Jettanant Khamthawee was a passenger on a Chiang Mai-Hua Hin bus that was stopped at a narcotics-suppression checkpoint set up by police and soldiers on the Paholyothin Highway in
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Thai police on Wednesday announced the confiscation illegal drugs valued at more than 700 million baht (U.S. $20 million) during nationwide operations last week that led to the arrests of 16 suspected narcotics traffickers, including a Laotian woman.Police seized 3.5 million methamphetamine pills, known locally as yaba or crazy pills,
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CHON BURI -- A team of 50 military and police officers on Saturday night raided an entertainment venue in Pattaya and detained 150 partygoers who tested positive for banned substances.The raid, led by Naris Niramaiwong, the Bang Lamung district chief, and Pol Col Apichai Krobphet, the Pattaya police chief, was
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Thai and Australian authorities joined forces in a crackdown on a transnational drugs network from which they seized 1.7 million yaba pills and 296 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or “ice”, Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) chief Sirinya Sitdhichai announced on Tuesday.Four Thai male suspects were arrested and identified as
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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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