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Anutin warns Australia-bound drug smugglers will not escape as Thailand tightens airport rules

July 02, 2026

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says any attempt to smuggle drugs to Australia is unlikely to get through, vowing tougher airport and airline-crew screening after a Thai Airways flight attendant was arrested in Melbourne.

Former narcotics chief challenges airport X-ray claim after Thai crew drug arrest

July 02, 2026

A former ONCB chief has disputed claims that Suvarnabhumi Airport X-ray machines cannot detect drugs, deepening scrutiny of Thailand’s outbound screening procedures after a Thai airline employee was arrested in Australia.

Drug arrest in Yala links to broader network

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2018

Police announced on Tuesday the arrest the previous day of a local man in Yala’s Muang district and seized 30,000 “yaba” amphetamine pills worth Bt2.4 million in street value and said they would continue to investigate to apprehend the man’s accomplices.

Chon Buri man files complaint over false drug arrest

MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018

A Chon Buri man filed a complaint with the Royal Thai Police spokesman on Monday, saying a false drug arrest against him in 2010 had caused him to lose his job and be blacklisted from employment.

Drug ring bust linked to Colonel Jalorbo relative

SATURDAY, APRIL 02, 2016

Three Chinese suspects and an alleged Thai accomplice were arrested on Friday in relation to a major seizure of drugs and cash in Bangkok that police believe is linked to the son-in-law of alleged Myanmar drug kingpin Colonel Jalorbo.

Malaysian drug ‘mules’ nabbed on train with huge haul of ‘ice’, heroin

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016

IN THE LARGEST drug bust in three years by Thai police, a total of 15 Malaysian men were arrested on Wednesday allegedly trying to smuggle some 226 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine or “ice” and 8kg of heroin on a train heading south to Malaysia.