A SENATOR visiting Surin was told by a school there that a random drug test of 100 at-risk students from middle to high school who are frequently absent showed that nearly 30 of them are addicted, mainly to methamphetamine, with more than half being girls, Amarin TV said today (June 4). Mr. Rujiphas Meekusol,
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Chinese youths rounded up for blasting high-pressure water at Songkran revellers
POLICE at Bangkok’s Makkasan district have taken legal action against a group of Chinese youths who rented three to five water trucks and blasted high-pressure water at other Songkran revellers thus endangering them, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 14). This became a hot topic on Thai social media after Drama Addict and The
Read more4 youths bash up, rob elderly Belgian man in Pattaya
AN ELDERLY Belgian man who has lived in Pattaya for many years was beaten up by four youths just as he was walking home from a bar soon after midnight last night (Dec. 25) with the gang then stealing 7,000 baht from him and zooming off, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Nawin Thirawit, superintendent
Read moreFour Bangkok police booths set ablaze, many others damaged
POLICE investigators and forensic specialists moved in to investigate fires at four police booths in the heart of Bangkok at 4 a.m. this morning (Sept. 23) after they had been extinguished, Siam Rath newspaper said. First to catch fire at 2.19 a.m. were police booths at Saphan Khwai and Pradipat intersections with the traffic control
Read moreDin Daeng protesters plan to move to Nang Loeng intersection
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Thalu Gas adolescent protesters who have been rallying at Din Daeng intersection every night for over a month now said there are plans to shift their protest site to Nang Loeng intersection, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Sept. 20). Speaking at 7 p.m. at this intersection where another protest
Read moreParty: Increasing number of youths becoming drug dealers, among them 8-year-olds
THE Thai Sang Thai Party said today (Sept. 16) the drug epidemic in the country raises a lot of concern as youths and children have easy access to amphetamines and it is worrisome that many of them have upgraded from drug users to small drug dealers with eight-year-old children among them, Sanook.com said this
Read moreMotorcycle-riding adolescents nabbed by police at usual anti-Prayut protest site
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL MOTORCYCLE-RIDING male adolescents who had planned to renew an apparently unorganised protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha were unexpectedly rounded up today (Sept. 7) by police at an usual protest site on a busy Bangkok street. The pickup truck-riding policemen scrambled to arrest these motorcyclists known as members of
Read more48 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 moreMinistry: Youths showing slight symptoms in current Covid uptick
THE Public Health Ministry said clinical observation shows that the current round of coronavirus outbreak which started in entertainment venues is mostly spreading among youths who only display slight symptoms, Thai Rath newspaper said today (April 10). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said while the original advice on Covid symptoms
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