A SHORT video showing strong waves lashing and rocking a boat crossing the Chao Phraya river with passengers staying calm despite the scary ride has gone viral, Sanook.com said today (July 4). Tiktok member @adhippv posted this video which shows the boat badly tilting to one side upon being lashed by strong waves to
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Big lot of Ice heading for Australia seized from fishing boat
A NAVY SEAL unit together with some army officers raided a medium-size fishing boat not far from Koh Samet, Rayong province, and seized 909 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) just as the vessel was heading to transfer the drug to a large ocean liner believed to then take it to Australia, TV Channel 7
Read more6 rescued as tour boat capsizes in Phang Nga Bay
A LONG-TAIL BOAT taking five tourists on a tour today (May 22) suddenly capsized in Phang Nga Bay after being hit by strong winds and high waves but all the holidaymakers together with the helmsman were rescued by a nearby boat, Naewna newspaper said. This boat had picked up the tourists at Ban Sam
Read moreCanal boat service halted to channel excess water
THE Phadung Krung Kasem canal’s electric boat service is being halted from September 3 till October to channel excess water flowing down from the north while a few more tropical storms are also moving into the country, Matichon newspaper said. Krungthep Thanakom Co., which is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s holding company for investment projects, said
Read moreNavy rescues four cats from sunken fishing boat
A THAI Navy team that went to inspect a fishing boat that sank after catching fire to see whether any oil had leaked spotted four cats perched on the bow that was still jutting out of the water and one sailor swam out and rescued all of them, Sanook.com said today (March 3). Acting on
Read moreLaotian boatmen toss bagful of speed pills on Thai side and flee
A LAOTIAN boat quickly sped away after flinging a sackful of methamphetamine (speed) pills into the bushes near a pier at Mekong river in upper northeastern Mukdahan City which when seized yielded a total of 74,132 tablets of this drug, Naewna newspaper reported today (June 21, 2020). An eagle-eyed local man who saw the whole
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