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500kg ganja found on Mekong riverbank
A drug suppression team of the Mekong Riverine Unit seized 500 kilogrammes of compressed dried marijuana left on the bank of the Mekong river in That Phanom district late on Tuesday night. R/Adm Jaraskiat Chaiyaphan, commander of the Nakhon Phanom MRU, said a team on routine ...
PATTANAPONG SRIPIACHAI
Anti-drug campaign aided by pandemic checking
More than 5,800 suspects have been arrested and 233 million methamphetamine or “speed” pills seized during a regional anti-drug campaign that has benefited from the Covid-19 pandemic. Niyom Termrisuk, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), said the mushrooming number of checkpoints due ...
KING-OUA LAOHONG
Six-Nation Safe Mekong Operation Project Extended Till 2022 - Chiang Rai Times
The campaign, which began in 2012, has pulled Thailand, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam together to tackle drug trafficking in the sub-region. Keep reading ...
Law Enforcement from Mekong Nations Unite as Drug Trafficking Worsens in the Golden Triangle
Law enforcement agencies from Thailand, China, Myanmar and Laos will once again join together to boost measures against drug trafficking, following the worsening situation in northern Thailand. The drugs being carried through the Golden Triangle bore the same characteristics with pills imprinted with a symbol ...
Lancang-Mekong countries set up joint law enforcement center
A joint law enforcement center, founded by countries along the Lancang-Mekong River, started operation Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province.Keep reading ...
Liangyu
US promises to strengthen Myanmar’s anti-narcotics and security campaigns
The United States on Tuesday declared it will help strengthen Myanmar’s anti-illegal drugs campaign and boost the country’s law and order efforts to provide more security for its citizens, a US Embassy statement said. “The United States is committed to assist the Myanmar government in ...