A Lao woman was arrested in Mukdahan’s Wan Yai district after allegedly selling 19,724 methamphetamine pills to undercover police early Thursday. The 44-year-old woman, named as Dungphone, was arrested while delivering the drugs to an undercover policeman on a rural road. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Nong Khai — A Lao man was arrested with 200,000 methamphetamine pills in his possession at the customs checkpoint at the Thai – Lao Friendship Bridge in this northeastern border province on Monday morning. In a press conference, Prayut Maneechote, director of the Region Customs Office, identified the man as Vanphone Saengvilai, 32, of Xaythani […]
The Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has seized more than 500 million baht worth of assets from two major Laotian drug syndicates associated with Xaysana Keopimpha and Seesuk Daohuang, ONCB secretary-general Sirinya Sitthichai disclosed on Tuesday. He alleged that the two Laotian drug syndicates were linked with Usman Salaemang, a major drug trafficker in […]
Bang Saphan police have arrested a Burmese man for the murder of a 22 year old karaoke serving woman on Wednesday. He has admitted the murder and been taken on a reenactment to the scene of the crime – a hotel room next to the karaoke lounge. Full story: Thaivisa News Thaivisa / Thairath
The Anti-Human Trafficking Division Thursday announced the arrest of Tossapol Pachisap for his alleged role in luring a Laotian girl younger than 15 into prostitution. Tossapol, 24, was apprehended in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district on Wednesday, division chief Pol Maj-General Kornchai Klaikleung told reporters. Full story: The Nation By Kornkamon Aksondech The Nation
A Laotian man was stomped to death by a wild elephant in a cassava plantation in Chanthaburi’s Khao Khitchakood district on Friday night. The body of 36-year-old Khemphetch Chaiyasan was found near his gun and a flashlight in the extensively-damaged plantation. Read more: The Nation
A 33-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of Laos, was driving home from a party in the early hours of Monday and died after his bike struck a parked coach on Jomtien Beach Road. The crash occurred in front of Soi 8 on Jomtien Beach Road, just before 4am, and resulted in the death of […]
NAKHON PATHOM, 31 August 2015, (NNT) – Nakhon Pathom provincial police arrested a human trafficking suspect and issued arrest warrants for four more, after officials discovered several mistreated Laotian workers last week. Kamphaeng Saen district police officers raided Yupha Farm on August 22 and found that the owners of the establishment caged 13 Laotians. Read […]
