"Drug Smuggling"

A haul of about 1.2 tonnes of heroin and methamphetamine inside 39 plastic baskets was found in the Tam Malang Canal in Satun province on Thursday.

Four teenagers were arrested for allegedly smuggling 120,000 methamphetamine pills in the border area of the northern province of Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district on Monday evening.

Some 200,000 methamphetamine pills were seized from the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Rai province on Saturday night following a joint operation by paramilitary rangers from the Pha Muang task force and naval officers patrolling the Mekong River.

Nong Khai customs officers have charged a Lao with smuggling medical cannabis oil into Thailand via the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.

The Thai Army chief is seeking cooperation from courier service providers to prevent drug smuggling.

Prevention of smuggling key to solving problem, says ONCB chief.

A Nakhon Ratchasima man arrested in Udon Thani’s Nam Som district for smuggling a large shipment of marijuana on Saturday night claimed he needed the money to travel to South Korea where his estranged wife had fled to find a job to reconcile with her.

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) wants Justice Minister General Paiboon Koomchaya to approve strict new measures against Nigerian drug traffickers after a report highlighted their cunning when trying to avoid detection.