CHIANG MAI: A driver hired to smuggle illegal migrants was arrested and 10 Myanmar job seekers he had hidden in a forest nearby were later caught, in Omkoi district on Thursday.
CHIANG MAI: A border patrol seized more than 4 million methamphetamine pills, 26 kilogrammes of ketamine and an improvised grenade abandoned by smugglers as they fled following a brief clash in Mae Ai district on Thursday.
Soldiers seize 60kg of heroin as smugglers flee
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published : 5 Mar 2021 at 11:20
11 Soldiers inspect the two sacks abandoned by smugglers, and find 173 bars of heroin, weighing 60.55kg, in Chiang Dao border district, Chiang Mai, on Thursday night. (Photo supplied/Phanumet Tanraksa)
CHIANG MAI: An army patrol seized 60 kilogrammes of heroin as smugglers dumped their loads and fled when stopped for a search near the border in Chiang Dao district overnight.
Soldiers from the Pha Muang task force spotted two men, each carrying a sack, while patrolling the Nong Khieo border area in tambon Muang Na late on Thursday night.
When signalled them to stop for a search, the men fled into the night, leaving the sacks behind.
Foraging elephants poisoned by paraquat
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published : 5 Mar 2021 at 16:01
13 Three of the seven poisoned elephants arrive at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang for urgent treatment, after paraquat contaminated grass at a border village in Omkoi district, Chiang Mai. (Photo: Phanumet Tanraksa)
CHIANG MAI: Seven elephants suffered serious burns to their mouths and tongues from eating grass contaminated with the herbicide paraquat at a border village in Omkoi district.
Five of them were reported to be in critical condition.
The paraquat poisoning occured at Khorphator village late on Thursday night. The domesticated elephants had been set free to forage for food, and ate the grass at nearby farms which had been sprayed with the banned chemical.
34 gamblers arrested in Chiang Mai raid
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published : 17 Jan 2021 at 17:26
7 Police arrested 34 gamblers at a resort in San Sai district of Chiang Mai on Saturday night. (Photo by Phanumet Tanraksa)
CHIANG MAI: Thirty-four gamblers, including four Cambodians, were arrested in a police raid on a luxury resort in San Sai district late on Saturday night.
The raid, which took place at about 9pm, was led by Pol Maj Gen Pichet Jiranantasin, the provincial police chief.
Pol Maj Gen Pichet said the raid followed reports that a group of people had rented a resort at Moo 7 village in tambon Nong Han, San Sai district, for gambling purposes.