By Thai Newsroom Reporters HONG KONG Customs seized HK$230 million (US$29.6 million or 974.9 million baht ) worth of drugs in three separate busts this month with one being a shipment from Thailand with 61 kilogrammes of heroin disguised as seasoning powder for instant rice vermicelli, Hong Kong authorities said yesterday (July 25). The three
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48 youths held in raid at Songkhla hotel party
SOUTHERN Songkhla officials and police raided a party held at a hotel on Koh Yo island and arrested 48 youths with drugs also found at the scene, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). At around 11 p.m. last night Mr. Chaiphon Niyomkaew, chief of Mueang Songkhla district, together with police and officials
Read moreOver a tonne of Ice, heroin seized near Malaysian border
THE Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre and police in southern Satun province that borders Malaysia seized around 1,100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and heroin hidden at Tam Malang mangrove canal in Mueang district yesterday (June 17), Amarin TV said this morning. Officials believe that the drug traffickers had stored it there for further
Read morePolice seize Ice hidden in instant noodles heading for Israel
CHIANG RAI police arrested a man just as he was about to send a parcel of instant noodles to Israel with bags of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden in them totalling 990 grammes, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (June 16). Pol Maj. Gen. Chinnawich Wichaithanaphat, head of the Chiang Rai Provincial Police, had assigned police
Read more750 grammes Ice seized at airport, 100,000 meth pills in Chiang Rai
TWO drug seizures took place over the past 24 hours with 750 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) found hidden in motorcycle parts at the airport while two bikers were arrested in Chiang Rai as they were transporting 100,000 methamphetamine pills, Matichon and TV Channel 7 said. The Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) found the 750
Read moreAustralia seizes $100m ice in heaters, barbecues on Thai cargo ship
By 9news.com.au CLOSE to $100 million worth of the drug ice has been found concealed in electric barbecue grills and water heaters on a Thai cargo ship docked in Sydney, it was reported today (May 17). Police officers intercepted the Thai cargo vessel at Port Botany on May 4, where 62 large cardboard boxes were
Read moreIndia’s anti-Covid oral drug to be available next month
By Indiatimes.com and published by MSN News INDIA’S Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)’s new anti-Covid oral drug, just approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), is effective against different variants of the coronavirus and helps in bringing patients out of oxygen support, said DRDO scientists yesterday (May 10). Dr Anant Narayan Bhatt,
Read moreCourt says deputy minister can stay despite drug case
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court ruled today (May 5) that an influential politician and deputy agriculture minister could keep his job and continue as a lawmaker, even though he was convicted and jailed in Australia in 1994 for smuggling heroin. Under Thai law, anyone found guilty of narcotics offences is
Read more20 kgs of Ice found hidden in second-hand pickup truck
A Thai man who had just bought a second-hand pickup truck from an auction house was shocked to find 20 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) stashed in the audio system compartment, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning (March 27, 2021). Pol. Lt. Col. Supakorn Kaewkhiao, deputy chief of Bang Na police station, led a team
Read moreHalf a tonne of Ice, over 100m baht assets seized in the South
A MAJOR drug bust took place in the South with three suspects arrested in the seizure of 510 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 50,000 tablets of methamphetamine (Speed) after a police took action upon receiving a tip-off of this drug smuggling from the North, TV Channel 7 said today (March 10). Also seized
Read more1.6m meth pills seized after gunfight with drug caravan
A FIERCE firefight between a group of drug traffickers bringing a caravan into Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai province and a ranger unit from the Pha Muang Task Force last night (Feb. 26) left one ranger injured and a search of the area this morning led to the seizure of 1.6 million methamphetamine
Read moreHong Kong seizes record HK$2.2bn worth of narcotics
(Hong Kong) Customs enforcers seized more than 3½ tonnes of illegal drugs worth almost HK$2.2 billion (8.46 billion baht) in 2020, the largest amount in a single year since records began nearly two decades ago. With the Covid-19 pandemic crippling global travel and shutting borders, international trafficking syndicates switched from using human couriers to transporting
Read moreDrug dealer escapes police dragnet
POLICE in southern Songkhla province are hunting for a drug trafficker who escaped after being lured into selling methamphetamine and crystal methamphetamine (Ice) to an undercover agent upon realizing at the last minute that he was falling into a trap, Thai Rath newspaper reported this morning (Jan. 16). At midnight last night a team of
Read moreWoman arrested for selling ketamine powdered milk
ACTING on a tip-off Metropolitan Police Division 2 police arrested a young woman for selling the deadly ketamine powdered milk drug that led to around seven people dying in Bangkok over the past few days, Siam Rath newspaper reported this morning (Jan. 12). The drug suppression unit police of this division were informed that a
Read more384kg Ice heading for Ayutthaya seized in the North
ACTING ON a tipoff Mukdahan police seized 384 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) worth 134 million baht just as it was being transported for delivery in Ayutthaya province and arrested three suspects, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 8). Provincial police chief Pol. Maj. Gen. Santhan Intarachak had got word that a big lot of
Read moreMusician says beware of drug scam at parking lot
A MUSICIAN issued a warning about a drug scam he narrowly escaped at a department store parking lot whereby a paper bag was discarded on the floor and if he had picked it up inside would be some drugs and he would have been immediately arrested by criminals disguised a drug control unit who would
Read moreEx-drug convict nabbed anew with 20kg Ice
A FORMER drug convict who served a lengthy jail term before being set free was again arrested for transporting 20 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) from Chiang Rai to Phitsanulok province, Amarin TV reported this morning (Nov. 26, 2020). The suspect, Mr. Jang Tokampang, 58, told police the economic downturn brought on by Covid-19 pandemic
Read moreDrug used to treat stomach ulcers ‘successful against coronavirus’
By AFP staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Hong Kong – An affordable anti-microbial drug used to treat stomach ulcers and bacterial infections has shown promise in combatting the coronavirus in animals, scientists in Hong Kong announced today (Oct 12). Researchers set out to explore whether metallodrugs – compounds containing metal that are more commonly used
Read moreDrug-crazed man stabs four guards at shopping mall
THE man who stabbed four guards at The Mall department store Ngamwongwan branch at 8 p.m. last evening was high on drugs and hallucinating with this confirmed by a urine test, Thai Rath reported today (Oct. 4. 2020). Pol. Lt. Col. Uthen Hongthong, an investigator at Muang Nonthaburi police station, said the suspect, Mr. Wanchai
Read moreCourt acquits truck driver charged with possessing 1 Speed pill
HUA HIN Provincial Court quashed a charge of possessing one methamphetamine (Speed) pill filed against a truck driver after a police search on November 13 last year landed him in a legal tangle, Channel 3 News reported today (Sept. 22, 2020). Mr. Sophon Wongsawat, 47, was driving a truck loaded with rubber sheets from Chumphon
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