Tag: Drugs
PM pledges to eradicate 80% of drugs within one year
BANGKOK, Sept 11 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday launched an anti-narcotics operation as a national agenda with the aim to eradicate...
Community-based anti-drug plan eyed, but police have qualms
Police are questioning a proposed community-based program to combat illegal drug use through increased monitoring and rehabilitation, saying it runs counter to their goals...
Child Protection Committee rescues 12 youths from dire conditions
The Pattaya Child Protection Committee worked with local charities to assist a dozen low-income youths encountered when bureaucrats surveyed the city’s slum areas to...
Underworld drug agent arrested in sting operation
On the 29th of August at 4 p.m Police held a press conference regarding the arrest of 19 year old Mr. Vithavas or Pae...
300 storm Koh Sichang in major drug raid
7 villages raided, 500 tested, 18 arrested More than 300 police, military and government personnel stormed Koh Sichang, detaining 500 island residents for drug...
Bitter pill for inmate who swallows drugs, dies on way to...
Swallowing a condom full of illegal drugs turned out to be a bitter pill indeed for a Nong Plalai Prison inmate after the...
Druggies busted at police checkpoint
On July 19 at a check point in front of Rung Land village on south Pattaya road police captured 13 drug users, 10 were...
5.8 tons of narcotic drugs incinerated
AYUTTHAYA, 24 June 2011 – The Ministry of Public Health has incinerated over 5,800 kilogrammes of confiscated narcotic drugs worth 7.4 billion baht...
Police Presence in the city starts to payoff
In an effort to control gun crime across the city Pol. Col. Somnuk Suwanla-ong led over 100 police officers and volunteers to set up...
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Foreign tourist found dead in Pattaya Beach incident
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials and police from Pattaya City Station responded to reports of a foreign man found drowned near the entrance...
Pattaya tightens city regulations following fireworks festival vendor complaints
PATTAYA, Thailand – Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn chaired a meeting with the Pattaya City Administration Division to evaluate progress on prior directives and address...
Pattaya’s traffic has hit a breaking point
PATTAYA, Thailand – Spend enough time behind the wheel in Pattaya and you eventually confront a blunt truth: this city does not run on...