Foreign suspects arrested for bringing narcotics to Phuket festival
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025
Three foreign suspects were arrested for bringing cocaine, ecstasy, and methamphetamine to the "Electric Daisy Carnival Thailand 2025" electronic dance music festival in Phuket province on Sunday.
Revised regulation on narcotic possession to be effective next week
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024
The Public Health Ministry expected the Council of State to soon approve the draft ministerial regulation on narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances, specifically regarding the minimum quantity a person should possess to be subjected to investigation, so that the ministry could announce it before June 18.
Record meth seizures in East, Southeast Asia last year
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2024
East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said in a new report Tuesday. It traced their source largely to the cross-border region known as the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet.
Somsak defends public health ministry’s stringent action on drug possession
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024
Possessing even one tablet of a narcotic drug should be considered an offence, as officials have to investigate whether the suspect possessed the item for consumption or with the intention to sell, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Friday.
Over 11m amphetamine pills, 141kg of meth seized in north in six days
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2024
Police seized more than 11 million amphetamine pills and 141 kilograms of methamphetamine in Thailand’s northern Mae Hong Son province from last Wednesday to Monday.