For those who have not been to Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, now is the time to go. Approximately one hours by flight from Bangkok, it...
CHIANG RAI – Myanmar’s Shan State is on track to becoming the world’s biggest producer of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs – a trade the United...
BANGKOK – Methamphetamine Pills (Yaba), Crystal Meth (Ya Ice) from Thailand’s Golden Triangle that borders, Thailand, Myamar and Laos remains a pressing problem for Thailand while...
CHIANG RAI – Six drug couriers have been arrested in two busts in northern Thailand’s Kamphaeng Phet on Saturday, said Chalermkiat Srivorakan, Deputy Commissioner-General of the...
BANGKOK – Pol Maj Suriya Singhakamol, deputy secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) in Thailand said on Wednesday that Taiwan has now...
CHIANG RAI – The living history of northern Thailand feels substantively different from what you’d find in Europe or the Americas. The smaller of the two...
CHIANG RAI – Army Cavalry soldiers and Thai police have seized more than 2 million meth pills and 11 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine after a high...
BANGKOK – Niyom Termsrisook, secretary-general of Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board, has announced the seizure of 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth and 91 kilograms of ketamine at...
CHIANG RAI – Provincial Police Region 5 chief Lt-General Montri Sambunnanont has told a media briefing that drug suppression police arrested a drug suspects along with...
CHIANG RAI – Somchai Sophonsookpaiboon does not remember much about his younger years, except that they were spent in an opium haze. It’s how all the...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has intercepted more than 300 million methamphetamine pills and apprehended 177,067 suspects in 165,688 drug busts over...
With its sensational sights and vibrant culture, Thailand has long been considered a top travel destination, but the charming Chiang Rai region is often overlooked. However,...
BANGKOK – The son-in-law of northern drug Czar Laota Sanlee who has evaded arrest on charges of possession of 336 grams of heroin and 20 kilograms...
CHIANG RAI – Production of methamphetamine (Yaba) is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency reports. Even as seizures...
BANGKOK – Sixteen-year-old Pichai Gudsorn is small for his age. He grew up in poverty, in a slum in Bangkok’s suburban Praram III area, with a...
CHIANG RAI – A 47 Year-old Chinese man has been arrested at Chiang Rai’s Mae Fah Luang Airport after trying to smuggle 1Kg of Ketamine powder...
CHIANG RAI – Thai authorities seized 247 million methamphetamine pills in a series of coordinated drug raids across Thailand from November 2018 to January 2019. The...
CHIANG RAI – Narcotics Suppression Police have shot and killed a 29 year-old Akha hill tribesman who allegedly resisted arrest and opened fire on police in...
CHIANG RAI – Seizures of high-quality crystal methamphetamine have surged more than tenfold in Thailand over the past two years, statistics show, a stark indicator of...
CHIANG RAI – A 27 year-old Thai man was arrested on Monday night in Chiang Rai with four million methamphetamine pills he is alleged to...