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Tropical Storm Koinu to hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11

  THE CEO of a public-listed engineering company issued a warning that a tropical depression hanging over the Pacific has turned into Tropical Storm Koinu and as it moves westwards will hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chawalit Chandrarat, CEO of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, said Koinu

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Parcels of Ice mixed with ground coffee heading for Australia seized

  TWO parcels of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) mixed with ground coffee heading for Australia and another suspicious parcel going to Japan were seized from a freight forwarder’s office in Bueng Kum district of Bangkok with investigation now being expanded, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 4). In a raid mounted by Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) together

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Health

3 Thais found infected with new Covid strain XBB in Hong Kong

  HONG KONG has found 29 people from overseas infected with the new Covid variant XBB and while the majority came from Singapore, three are from Thailand, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 13). Dr. Anan Jongkaewwattana, director of the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology’s Veterinary Health Innovation and Management Research Group, said

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Over 190kg Ice heading for Australia seized at Klong Toey

OFFICERS of the Seaport Interdiction Task Force (SITF) seized 193.5 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), worth 116 million baht, at Klong Toey port that had been labelled as boxing sandbags destined for Australia, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 23). At a press conference attended by Mr. Phachara Anantasil, head of the Customs Department, and other

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Hong 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

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