– CHIANG RAI – Police seized a total of 240,000 methamphitamine pills after a hot pursuit against a drug smuggling gang in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province early Sunday morning. Acting on a tipoff that a substantial amount of ya ba was to be smuggled across from Myanmar into Mae Sai and heading […]
CHIANG RAI – Overnight heavy rain have caused the Mae Sai river to overflow in the border area between Mae Sai district and Tachileik in Myanmar. In the border market of Sailomjoy, more than 200 shops were flooded with some spots under more than one metre of water on Friday morning. Vendors scrambled […]
– CHIANG RAI – More than 134 million speed pills and 3,800kg of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice, have been seized in three northern border provinces over the past 10 months. Third Army commander Lt Gen Thana Jaruwat, speaking as director of the drug prevention and suppression operations centre in the North, said the volume […]
– CHIANG RAI – The Meteorological Department has warned Thai nationwide to brace themselves for heavy rains this week and maintain caution when leaving their homes. A return of heavy rain has led to the inundation of some areas of Chiang Rai, prompting Governor Narongsak Osotthanakon to raise a flood alert. A downpour last night […]
– CHIANG RAI – Local and Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) police have conducted two separate raids netting a total of 5 million methamphetamine pills, 200 kilograms of ketamine and one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine. In the first arrest, 4.11 million methamphetamine pills, or ya ba, and 200kg of ketamine were found at a house in […]
– CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Chalermkiart Srivorakhan, representatives from the Narcotics Control Board, the military and police and other senior officials were at the media briefing that displayed more than 134 million speed pills and 3,800kg of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice, have been seized in three northern border […]
– CHIANG RAI – Governor Narongsak Sosotthanakorn and executive members of PTT Plc Co Ltd have jointly planted 3,000 saplings in an effort to restore the province’s forest areas. At Doi Insee Temple, the Chiang Rai Governor and the PTT executive members also participated in the Phra Siwali Buddha statue casting in addition to the […]
