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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is set to chair a high-level anti-narcotics meeting today to overhaul airport security, implementing a strict "Zero Trust" policy that mandates full screenings for all airline crew and staff without exception.
Chadchart Sittipunt is poised to return as boss of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) with an even bigger mandate, after securing the highest number of votes ever recorded by a gubernatorial candidate.
A woman, identified only as ‘Dear’, was supposed to receive the fabric tote bags, found to contain heroin, from a TG cabin crew member, identified as ‘Meena’, at a hotel in Melbourne, Australia, according to Kanisorn Phapeeranon, director of the Narcotics Suppression Office, today.
A speeding vehicle has plowed into a group of 30 monks on a walking pilgrimage in Mueang district of Mukdahan province, killing 8 and injuring many others.
A brawl broke out inside a workers' camp in the Punnawithi area of Bangkok last night, during which a gas cylinder was ignited and used to spray fire at opponents. The attacker accidentally tripped, causing the fire to spread, injuring five Burmese labourers. Police are currently investigating the incident.
Five Local Administration Department (LAD) officials are to face disciplinary investigation after being implicated in fraud related to the recruitment exams for about 7,000 new employees for the department and its local administrative organisations, according to Interior Permanent Secretary Orasit Sampuntharat.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul plans to meet with his Malaysian counterpart, Anwar Ibrahim, to discuss border security and economic cooperation, with the resolution of a seafood export ban topping the agenda during his official visit to Malaysia on July 9 and 10.
Thailand’s Department of Consular Affairs is strongly advising the public against carrying luggage or parcels for others when travelling abroad, because they could unknowingly become couriers of illicit drugs or other contraband.
Thailand and Malaysia are working to expedite health and hygiene inspections of five Thai shrimp species, with exports expected to resume within 30 days, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Nonthaburi police have apprehended a key suspect in a gruesome murder case, in which a body was stuffed into a steel barrel, covered in concrete and submerged in a large pond.
Postal service providers have been warned by anti-narcotic police to exercise extra caution in accepting parcels for shipping to overseas customers, following the seizure of a parcel containing 20 cotton seat covers impregnated with heroin in Den Chai district of Phrae province in mid-May.
The government’s 3.788-trillion-baht, or around 115 billion US dollars, budget bill for the 2027 fiscal year sailed through its first reading in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after three days of deliberation.
The committee for administration of the emergency situation in Thailand’s restive southern provinces has agreed to extend the enforcement of the Emergency Decree for another three months, from July 20 to October 19.
Former Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has won a second term in a landslide, securing 1,537,784 votes out of 2,338,098 ballots cast in Sunday's election, according to official results announced today by Bangkok's Election Commission.
A delivery rider has reported to police to clear his name after his image was widely circulated online in connection with the arrest in Australia of a TG flight attendant in a drug smuggling case.
The Constitutional Court has unanimously voted not to accept for consideration a petition challenging the inclusion of a barcode on ballot papers used in the February 8 general election.
