BANGKOK, Sept 11 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday launched an anti-narcotics operation as a national agenda with the aim to eradicate 80 per cent of drug use and drug trafficking within one year. Ms Yingluck inaugurated the national agenda operation Sunday morning. The event was also attended by Interior Minister Yongyuth Vichaidit, […]
Police are beefing up measures to tackle drug problems in Thailand. Acting national police chief Pol General Priewpan Damapong said yesterday he would target stopping smuggling via the country’s borders within three to four months. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Pol Lt-General Jakthip Chaijinda said he had also instructed 1,500 officers to inspect 59 places, including night […]
Nakhon Phanom – Police on Tuesday arrested a Thai man and a Vietnamese while they were trying to smuggle 120 dogs across the Mekong River to Vietnam. They found that 31 of the canines had already suffocated to death in sacks. At 6.30am Tuesday, the province’s Territorial Defence Volunteer Administration officials arrested Issarapong Saenkhampai, 24, […]
BANGKOK, July 28 – A Malian man on Thursday was detained at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling three kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice, valued at Bt10.5 million (US$350,000), according to customs officers. Demba Dabo, a Malian national, was apprehended with three kilogrammes of ‘ice’ hidden in car shafts and automotive spare parts […]
A Gambian man was arrested along with 3.1 kilogram of crystal meth at the Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday morning, Narcotics Suppression Bureau Commander Pol Lt Gen Atithep Panchamanon told a press conference. Following the tip-off that some Gambian national was hired to smuggle drugs into Thailand via the airport, police stake out until the spotted the […]
An Iranian man was arrested at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport late Friday night while allegedly trying to smuggle 50 snakes in a suitcase out of the country. Ghahremani Arash, 23, was arrested at Gate 1 while he was about to board Mahan Air’s Flight W5 5044. His arrested was announced at a press conference at […]
SA KAEO, July 14 – A Cambodian migrant worker was arrested on Thursday alleged to have attempted the smuggling of nearly 6,000 methamphetamine pills worth Bt3 million into Thailand. The Cambodian detainee was identified as Mai Siang, who claimed to work as a cleaner at Tesco Lotus hypermarket in the eastern province of Rayong. The […]
NONG KHAI, July 5 – Two wildlife smugglers on Tuesday were arrested in the northeastern province of Nong Khai while transporting 1,000 wild animals worth a half million baht (about US$1700) in Pak Khat district, according to provincial police. Personnel from Forest Protection Unit 1 and Nong Khai police arrested Natthawit Kampathick and Jutuporn Tonglong […]
