. . Â MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked more than 150 judges, mayors, lawmakers, police and military personnel to illegal drugs Sunday, ordering them...
. BANGKOK – Last month, Justice Minister PaiboonKoomchaya’s announcement that methamphetamine will be removed from the list of Category 1 hard narcotics. It was met with...
. . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Justice Minister Gen.Paiboon Koomchaya has suggested that the highly addictive methamphetamine, known as ya ba in Thailand, should be taken off...
. . CHIANG RAI – Six nations along the Mekong River have joined hands at a conference for the Mekong Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Drug...
. . RATCHABURI – A 46-year-old Thai man was arrested in Chom Bung district on Tuesday for allegedly raping and forcing his 13-year-old stepdaughter to take...
 .  . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Universal Coverage Health Scheme now provides all Thais who test HIV-positive with free anti-retroviral drugs irrespective of their immunity levels. Thailand...
World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan . . GENEVA – World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan said Thursday that the massive trade pact between 12...
. . CHIANG RAI – The Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) introduced its intensive village-level anti-drug campaign “Huai Cho Model”, in accordance with the government’s drug policy....
. . CHON BURI – Chonburi Immigration Police, based in Jomtien, announced the arrest of a 61 year old Expat from Chiang Rai accused of selling...
. CHIANG RAI – Authorities in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and China in the upper Mekong River Region will be tighten up goods inspections on vessels traveling...
VIETNAM – Vietnamese border police and police in neighboring Laos have cracked down on the biggest drug trafficking cartel so far, led by a Thai...
CHIANG RAI – Police Mae Ma checkpoint have arrested three young women after a police dog sniffed out over 20,000 pills stuffed in two large...
CHIANG RAI – The Vice Governor of Chiang Rai Prachon Prachsakul today presided over the closing ceremony of the 2015 rehabilitation and training program for...
SIKANOUKVILLE – British National Charles Emery William, 48, has been arrested in Cambodia after narcotics police raided him home and found a huge stash of illegal...
YANGON – In a Joint effort on the War on Drugs, Myanmar and Thailand today destroyed nearly $1 billion of seized narcotics to mark World...
. NAN – A Senior Police Sergeant and his wife in Nan province have been arrested and almost 2,000 methamphetamine tablets (Yaba) seized from them in...
. NAKHON PATHOM – Phra Buddha Issara is a monk on a mission. From his Buddhist temple near Bangkok he is calling for a radical overhaul...
BANGKOK – Chief of the Forensic Police Institute Maj. Gen Pornchai Suteerakune has reported that an autopsy found no traces of illegal drugs in the...
– CHIANG RAI – Two recent developments show how the war on illicit drugs is literally never-ending. At home, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board...
Army Rangers Seize Small Cache of Drugs and Fire Arms after Firefight in Mae Sai District CHIANG RAI – Army Rangers from the 3108th rangers company ...