News

Nearly one million meth tablets seized in police sting in Songkhla

Published

12 months ago

April 12, 2018

Nearly one million meth tablets seized in police sting in Songkhla | The Thaiger

Police have intercepted an enormous shipment of almost one million methamphetamine tablets with a street value of 48 million baht from a pick-up truck in Songkhla.

Police say they were acting on a tipoff. They headed to Tambon Jataen to wait for a pickup truck they were told would be delivering the illicit cargo to southern provinces.

A pickup up with Narathiwat number plates was seen to be driving out of a local rubber plantation, heading south. Police gave chase and both vehicles were travelling quite fast when the driver and passenger jumped out of the pickup and headed for the bushes along the side of the road.

Police have seized 954,000 methamphetamine pills from behind the front seats of the pickup. The two drug couriers are still at large.

Election

Pheu Thai wins the Lower House – Unofficial from the EC

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10 hours ago

March 25, 2019

The Thaiger & The Nation

Pheu Thai wins the Lower House – Unofficial from the EC | The Thaiger

The Election Commission has just announced the official tally for constituency MPs, showing that Pheu Thai Party has won 138 of the 350 seats on offer.

Phalang Pracharat, meanwhile, came in second with 96 seats, trailed by Bhumjaithai with 39. The Democrats only won 33 seats, while Future Forward snared 30.

The rest of the seats were shared between Chartthaipattana (7), Prachachart (6) and Action Coalition for Thailand (1)

Chiang Rai

Two Future Forward candidates win Pheu Thai strongholds in Chiang Rai

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12 hours ago

March 25, 2019

The Thaiger & The Nation

Two Future Forward candidates win Pheu Thai strongholds in Chiang Rai | The Thaiger

Two long-time champions of the Pheu Thai Party in Chiang Rai have been defeated by candidates of the new Future Forward Party in yesterday’s general election.

In Constituency 1, Pheu Thai several-term MP Samart Kaewmeechai was toppled by Future Forward’s Ekkapop Pianpiset in a closely run contest.

Ekkapop, who had resigned his position as a doctor at a private hospital in Chiang Rai to contest the election, got 28,916 votes, while Samart received 27,048.

Another veteran politician in the same constituency, Phalang Pracharat’s Ratana Jongsutthamanee, came third with 26,745 votes.

In Constituency 6 of the province, Future Forward’s Phiradej Khamsamut soundly defeated long-standing Pheu Thai MP Itthidej Kaewluang.

Phiradej received 22,742 votes, while Itthidejl got 16,170.

Phiradej was a businessman running a hotel and a restaurant in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district, as well as operating a real-estate business before he joined Future Forward.

He said he had not expected his victory because the constituency had a veteran politician with a strong political base. Now that he had won he says he will do his best as an MP.

SOURCE: The Nation

Pattaya

Twin found dead in Pattaya house

Published

12 hours ago

March 25, 2019

The Thaiger

PHOTO: Sanook

Locals from a housing estate in Nong Prue, Pattaya have called police after noticing a foul smell coming from the house of a man, one of two twins, who lived at the address.

Sanook reports that police and emergency responders found the house locked from the outside and had to break in.

Inside they found 23 year old Chinawut naked on the floor lying next to his computer. Police estimate he had died three or four days before. Nong Prue police were unable to say if he had suffered injuries from initial examination.

Neighbours say that the dead man was a loner who like to play computer games. He hadn’t been sotted for four days and when the smell was detected they called police.

Police are trying to locate the dead man’s twin who lives in Soi Bua Khao. The body was taken to a local hospital for autopsy.

SOURCE: Sanook