Tag: Hilltribe
Chiang Mai drug sting lands Lahu family of six in custody
An ethnic Lahu family of six is under arrest in Chiang Mai after allegedly handing over 15 kilograms of crystal meth and 170,000 methamphetamine pills [Read More…]
Six Lisu tribesmen nabbed with 34 kg of heroin
BANGKOK, Aug 5 – Six Lisu tribesmen were arrested with 34 kg of heroin in compressed packages, suspected to be delivered to an agent in [Read More…]
Typhoid kills 2 in Satun
Two members of Satun’s Sakai ethnic minority have died of typhoid and three others are in a serious condition, deputy governor Utarn Pichyaporn said yesterday. [Read More…]
Pair of ethnic Hmong nabbed in Chiang Rai with 300,000 meth pills
CHIANG MAI, July 6 – Thai police apprehended two Hmong ethnic minorities for smuggling 300,000 methamphetamine pills from a northern province en route to the [Read More…]
Most illegal drugs seized in Thailand coming from Mussuh minority group in Myanmar
BANGKOK, 20 June 2013 (NNT) – Anti-narcotic police have revealed that most illegal drugs seized from smugglers belong to an ethnic group in Myanmar living [Read More…]
Over 600 million THB worth of Ice and heroin seized in Chiang Mai
BANGKOK, 27 March 2013 (NNT) – 12 hill tribesmen have been arrested by narcotics suppression police for trafficking 600 million baht worth of drugs in [Read More…]
Thai Government to build 86 schools for tribal children
BANGKOK, 30 January 2013 (NNT) – The government is allocating 219 million baht budget for the construction of 86 school buildings for hilltribe children in [Read More…]
Four hilltribe men arrested in Chiang Mai drug bust
Police in Chiang Mai have arrested four men they said belonged to a drug racket, seizing 600,000 methamphetamine tablets from one of them worth Bt180 [Read More…]
