Bt10m worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Chanthaburi
Customs officials and naval officers seized smuggled foreign cigarettes worth about 10 million baht near the Thai-Cambodian border in Pong Nam Ron district of Chanthaburi province on Sunday.
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Customs officials and naval officers seized smuggled foreign cigarettes worth about 10 million baht near the Thai-Cambodian border in Pong Nam Ron district of Chanthaburi province on Sunday.
Effective tomorrow, Fisheries Department is imposing a fishing ban over a sizeable area of the Gulf of Thailand, in the seas off eight coastal provinces, to allow fish and other marine species to spawn and breed without disruption.
A mysterious circular island in Pathum Thani province, now dubbed the "Eye of Thailand", has captured the attention of Thai netizens, sparking debate over whether the formation was created by natural forces or human intervention.
A team of veterinarians from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has been closely monitoring the movements of a sick and aging elephant in a forest in Lahansai district of Thailand's northeastern province of Buri Ram in an effort to provide it with medical treatment and nutritional supplements.
Hours of continuous heavy rainfall in Khun Yuam district in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand, triggered a massive landslide yesterday, blocking a major section of Highway 108 and cutting off traffic to Chiang Mai.
Thai immigration police and officials from the Labour and Business Development developments raided several Chinese-run restaurants in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district yesterday, to find out whether any are refusing to accept Thai baht currency, insisting on Chinese yuan for payments, as claimed by a Bangkok-based Chinese influencer.
A clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province has become an overnight internet sensation, with netizens playfully comparing its distinct coat patterns to those of a reticulated python.
Thai citizens across the country went on spending sprees today on the first day of the ‘Thai Chuay Thai Plus’ 60/40 co-payment scheme, buying food, consumer products, drinks and services.
The Khao Luang National Park, in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, has ordered the temporary closure of the Krung Ching Waterfall and trekking route after two female tourists were attacked by wild elephants on Sunday. Atthaphon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said today that he received a report about the elephant attack yesterday from Surasak Anusorn, director of Conservation Area Region 5. The incident...
Traffic on Highway 108, from Ban Huai Pong in Muang district to Ban Surin in Khun Yuam district in the northern province of Mae Hong Son, came to a standstill this morning after huge boulders fell from a mountain and blocked the road following heavy rain.
Police have arrested three more men, bringing the total number of suspects to eight in connection with the assault and fatal shooting of a taxi driver on Samui Island on May 24.
Police in Nong Khai province have arrested a monk suspected of stealing the gold-plated top knot of the main Buddha statue in the chapel of Hai Sok Temple in Muang district on May 19.