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Pattani smuggler arrested with over 10,000 packets of illegal cigarettes

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1 month ago

April 22, 2019

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Pattani smuggler arrested with over 10,000 packets of illegal cigarettes | The Thaiger

A man has been arrested in Pattani’s Mayo district after trying to smuggle 10,802 packets of foreign cigarettes.

Police and Excise Department chief Itthipol Liabyainak announced the arrest of Yaman Pohleng, the owner of a grocery store in Tambon Sakhor Bon.

Itthipol says the joint operation by Excise officials and border patrol police was carried out following tips-off that Yaman had allegedly opened the grocery store as a front for selling smuggled cigarettes.

He claimed the seized cigarettes were worth about 10 million baht. Itthipol alleges that Yaman also used his grocery store as a storage space for distributing the smuggled cigarettes to other shops in the area.

He said that large quantities of foreign cigarettes were being smuggled through the three southern border provinces and that Excise officials will crack down on all the shops selling these illegal cigarettes.

Pattani smuggler arrested with over 10,000 packets of illegal cigarettes | News by The Thaiger

SOURCE: The Nation

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OrBorTor president shot dead in Yala

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2 days ago

May 23, 2019

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OrBorTor president shot dead in Yala | The Thaiger

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An OrBorTor president in Yala’s Raman district has been fatally shot while riding his motorcycle home last night.

Police say 55 year old Sama-ae Sama was shot on a main road in Moo 2 village in Tambon Tha Thong at 8.15pm. He was rushed to the Raman Hospital but died later.

Police said Sama-ae was returning home after visiting his mother in another village to join a Ramadan ritual supper when the gunman shot at him.

Sama-ae was the president of the Tambon Tha Thong Council. Police say the motive could either be the result of some local political conflict or an act of southern insurgency.

OrBorTor president shot dead in Yala | News by The Thaiger

SOURCE: The Nation

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14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested

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2 days ago

May 23, 2019

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14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested | The Thaiger

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Immigration police in Songkhla have arrested an alleged Burmese human trafficker and rescued 14 smuggled Burmese from a rented house in Bang Klam district.

Police arrested the alleged ring leader, 29 year old Aung Chanai, not far from the rented house on the Asia highway in Moo 4 village in Tambon Tha Chang where he allegedly kept the 14 undocumented Burmese migrants – five women and nine men.

The 14 had been detained inside the house, which was locked from the outside, before being smuggled across the border to Malaysia.

The migrants appeared tired and starving, according to officials, who provided them with boxed meals.

The migrants will be deported, while Aung will face charges of human trafficking, said police.

SOURCE: The Nation

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Woman killed, nine injured in seven-vehicle pileup in Nakhon Si Thammarat

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4 days ago

May 21, 2019

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Woman killed, nine injured in seven-vehicle pileup in Nakhon Si Thammarat | The Thaiger

A woman has died and nine others injured in a pileup involving four pick-up trucks, a sedan and two motorcycles on a road in Nakhon Si Thammarat this morning.

Police say the accident happened at 9am on the Nakhon Si Thammarat-Pak Phanang road in front of the 17th regional office of the Government Saving Bank in Tambon Pak Nakhon, Muang district.

43 year old Pennapha Boonrodchu died after breaking her neck when her motorcycle was hit by a pickup after the four trucks piled up. She was about to make a turn into the town bank when the accident occurred. Another motorcycle was also hit and the rider injured.

Police are still investigating the incident to determine charges. The pickup that hit and killed Pennapha also hit a car parked on the roadside.

One of the pickups was carrying hundreds of kilograms of catfish, which spilled on the road.

The injured people were rushed to Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital.

Woman killed, nine injured in seven-vehicle pileup in Nakhon Si Thammarat | News by The Thaiger