Sa Kaeo police on Monday arrested a Thai woman who had entered the country from Cambodia and seized about a kilogramme of cocaine smuggled from Brazil. In the far South, two arrested fruit sellers reportedly admitted selling methamphetamine as a sideline because it is more profitable. Read more: Bangkok Post
Environmental crime busters seized birds that were on the protected species list, while they were being transported to Bangkok where they were going to be sold to foreign tourists wishing to merit making by freeing them. The Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division arrested three suspects; namely Chumrus Saengsaes, Daeng Phumna, Ratch Phanwong and […]
CHIANG RAI, March 4 – Thai Customs Department was ready to cooperate with relevant government agencies in efforts to suppress illicit drug smuggling in the northern region, according to Customs Director-General Somchai Pulsawas. Mr Somchai on Sunday said that he instructed customs officers in the northern region to work with other agencies to fight against […]
CHIANG RAI, March 2 – A joint drug suppression operation of policed and military personnel confiscated over 4 million methamphetamine pills smuggled into Thailand’s northern border province of Chiang Rai from neighbouring Myanmar. The seizure took place late Thursday night by a combined unit of Mae Chan police and paramilitary rangers from the Pha Muang […]
TRANG, Feb 21 – The Thai authorities on Tuesday seized 111 endangered pangolins in a crackdown on a wildlife smuggling syndicate and arrested two suspects in Thailand’s southern province of Trang. The 111 confiscated scaly ant-eaters, contained in 36 nets, were valued at about Bt1.25 million (about US$42,000), said Pol Col Thammanoon Traitippong, deputy commander […]
The trial against Orjan Robert Elevsson from Sweden and his Thai girlfriend Narawadee Phothijam, who are accused of smuggling six kilograms of methamphetamine in to Indonesia started last Thursday and continue today in the South Jakarta Court. The 38-year-old Swede and 22 year-old Thai were arrested in August at Soekarno-Hatto International Airport. Read more: scandasia.com
The Appeals Court yesterday upheld the death sentence for an Iranian man caught smuggling 4.3 kilograms of crystal meth worth Bt10 million into Thailand, then commuted it to life in prison due to his useful confession. Alireza Mahmoud Pour Emam Chaei, 28, was arrested on July 30, 2009 at Suvarnabhumi Airport with 4.3kg of ice […]
A blanket inspection of tigers in zoos and other captive animals has been ordered in the wake of a fresh seizure of tiger skins and carcasses and other protected wildlife from a major smuggler at a Bangkok home. An official from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) said the skinned tigers […]
