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  • Crime NewsPhuket minivan driver loses license after driving while high on meth

    Phuket minivan driver loses license after driving while high on meth

    A Phuket minivan driver is now without a license after police reprimanded him for driving high on meth. The driver was caught six days ago after driving outbound on Thep Kassattri Road in Mai Khao, Thalang on a flat tire which caused sparks to come from the wheel. According to the Phuket Express, the Phuket Land Transport Office says the…

  • Crime NewsVan driver on pills doesn’t notice sparks for 10km

    Van driver on pills doesn’t notice sparks for 10km

    If you’re going to drive under the influence, make sure you have a spare tyre and not just spare Yaba pills. In what can only be described as a wild ride, a 29-year-old van driver was arrested by Tha Chatchai Police this morning for driving his vehicle without its left front tyre for a staggering 10 kilometres. Pichai Klomsanoh, a…

  • Crime NewsPolice nab over 400,000 meth pills in 7 South Thailand provinces

    Police nab over 400,000 meth pills in 7 South Thailand provinces

    Police nabbed over 400,000 meth pills in seven provinces in South Thailand. Some 430,029 meth pills were found in the provinces of Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Chumphon, Krabi, Phang Nga, Ranong, and Phuket. Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn said in a press conference on Wednesday that the crackdown aimed to ensure safety in…

  • Crime NewsThai woman hides 400 yaba pills in vagina to cover for drug-dealing husband

    Thai woman hides 400 yaba pills in vagina to cover for drug-dealing husband

    A Thai woman hid 402 pills of yaba (methamphetamine) inside her vagina in an attempt to cover for her drug-dealing husband during a raid at his house in Khon Kaen province in northeast Thailand on Monday. As the sun rose on Monday, officers from Ban Had Police Station raided the home of a suspected drug trafficker. Police were met by…

  • Crime NewsHundreds of thousands of meth pills seized in Songkhla

    Hundreds of thousands of meth pills seized in Songkhla

    Thailand’s meth problem is rearing its ugly head again, this time in the Southern province of Songkhla. Narcotics control police seized about 400,000 meth pills from a rented room in the Bang Klam district on Sunday. The suspect, 28 year old Athiwat, allegedly told police that he had stored 15 consignments of about 200,000 meth pills, also known as Yaba,…

  • Crime NewsThai police arrest drug smugglers with 1.6 million meth pills, 1 suspect still on the loose

    Thai police arrest drug smugglers with 1.6 million meth pills, 1 suspect still on the loose

    Police arrested five drug smugglers in Thailand’s northern Kamphaeng Phet province yesterday. Officers from the Narcotics Suppression Division seized 1.6 million meth pills from the suspects. The suspects had been driving from Chiang Rai to Bangkok to deliver the pills. The police then apprehended them at a gas station. The pills were spread into 16 backpacks and were hidden in…

  • Crime NewsMeth addict kills and cooks pet dog that ‘ate his thoughts’ in northeast Thailand

    Meth addict kills and cooks pet dog that ‘ate his thoughts’ in northeast Thailand

    A meth addict killed and cooked his pet dog which he said was “eating his thoughts” yesterday in Udon Thani province in northeast Thailand. In a Yaba (“crazy drug”)-induced psychotic episode, 24 year old Manat [surname withheld] beat his dog’s head with a shovel until it was dead, chopped up its body into pieces, and cooked it into a stew.…

  • Crime NewsPhuket man caught with meth pills at checkpoint

    Phuket man caught with meth pills at checkpoint

    In the midst of Phuket’s recent spate of drug crackdowns and busts, a man has been caught with meth pills at a checkpoint in Thalang district. The man, 36 year old Pongpan, was caught with 107 meth pills at the Phuket Checkpoint in the Mai Khao sub-district earlier this week. The police had been alerted earlier that the suspect who…

  • Crime NewsGerman man on overstay arrested for guns, drugs

    German man on overstay arrested for guns, drugs

    Police arrested a Thai woman and a German man on overstay in Patong with drugs and weapons. They were found and taken into custody on Friday after the man sent a threatening image of a gun on the LINE app. Police did not reveal how long ago the man’s stamp in his passport had expired, only confirming that he had…

  • Crime NewsPhuket man arrested with over 10,000 meth pills

    Phuket man arrested with over 10,000 meth pills

    There’s been another methamphetamine bust in Phuket’s main city district this week. Border Patrol Police arrested a man in the Rassada sub-district. They seized 10,504 meth pills from him, in addition to crystal meth. The police arrested Ban at the entrance of Soi Bang She Lao on Thep Kasattri Road, The Phuket Express reported. They then brought him to Phuket…

  • Crime NewsKnife-wielding meth addict circles daycare centre in northeast Thailand

    Knife-wielding meth addict circles daycare centre in northeast Thailand

    A man in a suspected meth-induced psychotic episode took a knife and circled a daycare centre in Non Suwan subdistrict, Buriram province, northeast Thailand yesterday morning. At around 9am, 30 year old Gongphon “Ming” Sehlah arrived at Non Suwan Child Development Centre armed with a knife and began walking around the centre. According to police, Ming entered a methamphetamine-induced psychotic…

  • Crime News3 men arrested for drugs, selling fake cocaine

    3 men arrested for drugs, selling fake cocaine

    As officials continue to crack down on drugs and guns after the daycare centre massacre, three entertainment workers in Patong were arrested for possession of meth. They had real drugs on them when police stopped them, but are accused of selling fake cocaine to tourists. The three men, aged 25, 48, and 49 from Pattani and Narathiwat provinces were arrested…

  • Crime NewsThree separate incidents involving men with or on drugs reported in Phuket

    Three separate incidents involving men with or on drugs reported in Phuket

    Three separate incidents involving men with or on drugs have been reported in Phuket in the past few days. The first incident occurred in the main city district over the weekend, the second incident happened in the Thalang district early yesterday morning, and the third incident occurred in Kathu yesterday morning. Phuket City District A man who reportedly tried to…

  • Crime NewsCurbing meth in Bangkok a focus after massacre

    Curbing meth in Bangkok a focus after massacre

    Following the horrific daycare centre massacre in Nong Bua, where the killer had been battling drug charges, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced plans to focus on getting meth out of the capital. After a rash of drug-related crimes including the daycare centre massacre and another similar from the next day when a man was arrested outside of his child’s school…

  • Crime NewsUndercover policeman arrested for selling meth to teenagers in northeast Thailand

    Undercover policeman arrested for selling meth to teenagers in northeast Thailand

    Police in Maha Sarakham province in northeast Thailand arrested a man yesterday for selling Yaba (“crazy drug”) – branded methamphetamine pills cut with caffeine – to teenagers in the Kantharawichai district. Turns out the drug dealer is an undercover policeman. Yesterday, officers from the Royal Thai Police and Maha Sarakaham Provincial Special Operations Unit closed in on a hut in…

  • World NewsRecord breaking amount of methamphetamine pills seized in Asia

    Record breaking amount of methamphetamine pills seized in Asia

    More than one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, according to a report released by the United Nations. The illicit synthetic drug market is constantly evolving in East and southeast Asia, with every country in the region reporting methamphetamine as their drug of greatest concern, according to the UN. The UN’s report says most…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri man allegedly threatens to attack wife while high on meth

    Chon Buri man allegedly threatens to attack wife while high on meth

    Yet another case of domestic violence and drug abuse in Chon Buri province, as a local man allegedly threatened to attack his wife while high on meth yesterday in Panat Nikhom district. The man’s mother said that in the past, her son had hit his brother. Sompean Saminyae told The Pattaya News about her son’s violent outburst, saying, “He destroyed…

  • Crime NewsDrug trafficking suspect who allegedly shot at police last year arrested, South Thailand

    Drug trafficking suspect who allegedly shot at police last year arrested, South Thailand

    Police in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat arrested an alleged drug trafficker and his girlfriend last night. The two were hiding in a rented house in Muang district. Nakhon Si Thammarat police found 80 meth pills, drug paraphenalia, and nearly 300,000 baht cash. They also found bank account books showing deposits of several million baht, guns and ammunition…

  • Crime NewsPattaya woman allegedly smokes meth in laundromat, tries to get police to join her

    Pattaya woman allegedly smokes meth in laundromat, tries to get police to join her

    A woman was arrested for smoking methamphetamine in a laundromat in Pattaya last night. The woman allegedly said she loved “ice” and invited police to join her in smoking it, saying it would give them more energy. The Pattaya News reported that she seemed to be smoking “blatantly” in public, and not at all trying to hide it. Another laundromat…

  • Northern Thailand NewsPolice in Northeast find almost 2 million meth pills after car flees checkpoint

    Police in Northeast find almost 2 million meth pills after car flees checkpoint

    Police in Khon Kaen, a Northeastern province in Thailand, found almost 2 million meth pills in a car that drove away from them right before they began to search it at a checkpoint. The police eventually caught up with the driver when he jumped out of the minivan and ran into a sugarcane plantation (these drug couriers ALWAYS run off…

  • Crime News15.2 million meth pills seized in Northern checkpoint stops

    15.2 million meth pills seized in Northern checkpoint stops

    A series of drug traffickers stopped at checkpoints in and around Chiang Rai over the last week has netted a total of 15.2 million meth pills found and seized by police. Yesterday the police revealed a series of incidents at checkpoints in the northern region where police found huge amounts of methamphetamines hidden inside cars. Several large busts were made…

  • Crime NewsTruck with 4.2 million meth pills shot at police, killing one

    Truck with 4.2 million meth pills shot at police, killing one

    In Chaing Mai, police attempting to pull over a pickup truck suspected of carrying drugs were met with gunfire that killed one officer. The shootout took place last night in the Fang district of Chiang Mai when a police team attempted to stop and search the pickup that was believed to be transporting a large drug shipment. A Fang district…

  • Pattaya News2,000 meth pills seized in alleged drug dealer arrest in Chon Buri

    2,000 meth pills seized in alleged drug dealer arrest in Chon Buri

    In the Mueang Chon Buri district of Chon Buri, police arrested a suspected drug dealer who was reportedly in possession of 2,000 meth pills. The arrest was carried out by Saen Suk Police as the 28 year old man was captured on Soi 5 of Sukhumvit Road in the Saen Suk sub-district, where police raided several restaurants selling alcohol illegally…

  • Crime News72,000 meth pills found in drug bust with some twists

    72,000 meth pills found in drug bust with some twists

    In a drug bust with a few interesting plot twists, 72,000 meth pills were seized in the city of Hat Yai in the southern province of Songkhla this morning, with 2 suspected drug dealers arrested. The pair were arrested in a morning raid on a house in Moo 6 in tambon Khuan Lang according to the chief investigator of the…

  • Crime NewsChiang Rai police seize 1 million methamphetamine pills

    Chiang Rai police seize 1 million methamphetamine pills

    Police in Chiang Rai have arrested 2 men and seized 1 million methamphetamine pills after a car pursuit in the province’s Muang district last night. As reported by the Bangkok Post, narcotics suppression police and soldiers at first attempted to flag down the men’s vehicle, with police then giving chase after the driver accelerated away. A subsequent search of the…

  • World News55 million meth pills seized in Laos in biggest SE Asian bust ever

    55 million meth pills seized in Laos in biggest SE Asian bust ever

    One for the record books – police in Laos have made the largest drug bust in East and Southeast Asia’s history, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Police in Laos stopped a shipment and seized over 55 million meth pills and more than 1.5 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine yesterday. The bust was confirmed by 2 security…

  • Crime NewsTruck stopped in Chiang Mai with methamphetamine and heroin

    Truck stopped in Chiang Mai with methamphetamine and heroin

    A driver was arrested at a military checkpoint in Chiang Dao district of Chiang Mai with a truck full of heroin and crystal methamphetamine pills. The Isuzu pickup truck was stopped and searched and found to be carrying over 1.2 million meth pills as well as about 8.75 kilogrammes of heroin. At a press conference today, the commander of the…

  • Thailand video newsThailand Top Stories | CCSA confirms the shortening of curfew hours from Oct 16 onwards | October 15

    Thailand Top Stories | CCSA confirms the shortening of curfew hours from Oct 16 onwards | October 15

    Natty gives us a quick update on the national Covid-19 situation as well as the top headlines in Thailand and around the region: CCSA confirms the shortening of curfew hours from Oct 16 onwards, Moderna mRNA vaccines set to arrive in November, illicit pills seized in Sonkhla, Bali’s airport reopened for international tourists, Japan’s new PM dissolved the national parliament

  • Northern Thailand NewsPolice volunteer arrested for assault, abduction of estranged wife

    Police volunteer arrested for assault, abduction of estranged wife

    Last night police in Muang district of Buri Ram arrested a police volunteer accused of assault and abduction of his estranged wife after threatening her, handcuffing her and dragging her away from her relatives. While the woman was later set free, she suffered serious bruising on her body. The police volunteer is nicknamed Elephant and police picked him up at…

  • Northern Thailand NewsAssistant village chief busted with 3.8 million meth pills

    Assistant village chief busted with 3.8 million meth pills

    An assistant village chief has been arrested in Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai for alleged drug trafficking after Chiang Rai police seized 3.8 million meth pills and 1 kilogramme of ketamine. The commander of the Chiang Rai Provincial Police announced the drug bust yesterday. The 45 year old assistant Ban Pha Bue village chief in Mae Fa Luang district…