25 tonnes of meat soaked in formalin seized from Chonburi illegal meat processing plant

View of Pattaya in Chonburi province, Thailand
View of Pattaya in Chonburi province, Thailand. Photo: Pxfuel.

Thai Livestock Development Department officials confiscated 25 tonnes of pig and cow offal and other meat soaked in formalin from an illegal meat processing plant [Read More…]

Female beer vendor in Phuket takes off her clothes in protest after being warned for illegally selling alcohol

Phuket Bangla Road (Soi Bangla) by night
Phuket Bangla Road (Soi Bangla) by night. Photo: shankar s. / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

The Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) President Mr. Weerawit Kreuasombat told the Phuket Express. “Selling alcohol in foam boxes by vendors or pop-up style alcohol [Read More…]

Suspect in trafficking of illegal migrants from Myanmar arrested in Songkhla

Hat Yai Junction railway station in Hat Yai City, Songkhla
Hat Yai Junction railway station in Hat Yai City, Songkhla. Photo: Fuwuyuan. CC BY-SA 4.0.

A Thai man, alleged to be a key coordinator in the commercial trafficking of illegal migrants from Myanmar into southern Thailand, has been apprehended by [Read More…]

Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board to meet next week to discuss making cannabis an illegal narcotic again

Marijuana plant in Thailand
Cannabis plant in Thailand. photo: BiW99 / Pixabay.

Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, will meet in Bangkok on Tuesday, November 22nd, to discuss proposals made by cannabis [Read More…]

16 Chinese nationals arrested in Pattaya for illegal money-lending

Nong Prue in Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri
Nongprue in Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri. Photo: song songroov. CC BY 3.0.

CHON BURI: Sixteen Chinese nationals suspected of running an illegal online money-lending business were arrested during a police raid in the beach town of Pattaya [Read More…]