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Thai Police have confiscated a huge amount of heroin and methamphetamine pills worth possibly more than 380 million baht during several raids in Chiang Rai and Pathum Thani. Law enforcement authorities portrayed one haul yesterday in Chiang Rai’s Muang district as huge in terms of the resale value of the drugs. Four supposed drug sellers [...]

Allegations of Extrajudicial Killings Resurface Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will create a commission to reexamine the extra-judicial assassinations of drug suspects during the Thaksin Shinawatra government’s war on drugs. Mr Abhisit declared the formation of the panel yesterday after being queried in parliament by Chalerm Yubamrung, leader of the Puea Thai Party MPs. Mr [...]

Criminal Activity in Thailand Faces the Law Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has initiated an operation to drive out hundreds of alien criminals that are currently living in Thailand. Bureau administrator Wuthi Liptapallop said Thailand was known internationally as a safe place for criminals because of its relatively easy-going visa policies. ”I don’t want Thailand to be [...]

Bye Bye GT200, Hello Alpha 6 Drug smugglers can rejoice that the Thai police have blown $180,000 of their budget on a fraudulent drug detection device. Thailand’s board of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, has endorsed a 400 million baht plan for drugs control, Pol Lt-Gen [...]

GT200 Dowsing Device Fails Following the results of the recent test outcome showing the poor accurateness of the notorious British-made GT200 “bomb detectors”, Thai security staff stationed in Narathiwat’s regional seat on Wednesday began using chopsticks seeking for explosives perhaps hidden in motorcycles. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has halted any future acquisitions of the [...]

Blatantly Fraudulent Dowsing Rod Device Avoids Exposure Scientific laboratory tests will not take place on the controversial GT200 “bomb detector” supposedly because of “confidentiality agreements” between the purchasers (suckers) and the makers (con artists) when they were bought, say members of a government panel assessing the device. Pansak Siriruchatapong, director of the National Electronics and [...]

Drug Scare in Bangkok School Misuse of over-the-counter cough suppressants at a Bangkok school is raising apprehension about public education on drug use and the value of controls on drug sales by pharmacies. About 80 students, most of them in Prathom 4 and 5 (Grade 4 and 5), at Wat Tha Phra school in Bangkok [...]

Deadly GT200 Hoax Device to be Tested The inquiry into the efficacy of the highly contentious GT200 bomb detector took its first steps on Wednesday. The Prime Ministers cabinet on Tuesday told the Science and Technology Ministry to set up a team of experts and begin immediate tests on the device. The GT200 is merely [...]

Seizure of Suspected Speed Sellers Thai Police have seized another 1.6 million methamphetamine tablets at a residence on Theparak Road in the latest of a succession of concentrated efforts against drug sellers which started on Thursday. Samrong Nua police searched a house on the Ban Rom Pho 2 estate and found the speed tablets along [...]