BANGKOK, Aug 5 – Six Lisu tribesmen were arrested with 34 kg of heroin in compressed packages, suspected to be delivered to an agent in Malaysia, a senior drug suppression official said today. Pongsapat Pongcharoen, secretary general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), said the heroin, compressed in 98 packs, was found in […]
The state health agency has said it will study the impact of the oil spill on marine life around Koh Samet’s Ao Phrao in Rayong province, saying toxic substances from the crude oil may enter the food chain in the next three months. The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has also set up a committee […]
YALA, Aug 2 – Factories and shops at more than 10 locations in Yala, Pattani and Songkhla were set afire, while one Thai army ranger was killed and one wounded in two bomb ambushes in Yala and Narathiwat. A series of arsons occurred almost simultaneously at six locations in Yala, four locations in Pattani’s Khok […]
BANGKOK, July 31 – The government of Thailand is set to put in place measures to help the tourism sector in the aftermath of the oil slick off Rayong, forcing tourist cancellation, said Kittiratt Na Ranong, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. The oil slick began Saturday morning when approximately 50 tonnes (50,000 litres) of […]
Authorities closed a beach on Koh Samet Island in the Gulf of Thailand Monday to clean up an oil spill from an offshore pipeline leak. “We closed off Prao Bay on Samet to tourists so authorities can clean up the water and beach,” said Chuchart Oncharoen, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) director for Rayong province. […]
BANGKOK, July 26 – Thai customs officials on Friday arrested two Indian nationals at Samui International Airport with 12 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine or ice in their possession. Deputy Finance Minister Benja Louichareon told a news briefing of the arrest of the two men–Virdi Hardev Singh, 51, and Puran Singh, 41. The pair arrived at […]
NARATHIWAT, July 24 -Two teachers were killed, and another teacher as well as two police officers were wounded in a bombing ambush in this restive southern province as the army chief visited a nearby violence-plagued area today. The latest insurgent attack occurred this morning as a bomb exploded at a police car parked in front […]
NARATHIWAT, July 23 – A couple was shot dead and a village head was wounded by gunshot in the southern provinces. In Narathiwat, a couple was shot dead on the Takbai-Sungai Kolok Road. Chuay Dermmuak, 52 and his wife Prapha Sanguanpan 43 were gunned down, and their four-year-old son was left crying near their bodies. […]
