Nine suspects, among them one local community leader, were arrested in three drug crackdowns during the past week, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau revealed yesterday.

In the first operation in Chiang Rai’s Wiang Pa Pao district, police apprehended four suspects — Akha Janu, 54, Suwichai Phongthawirat, 23, Jamu Jalu, 21, and Janga Phaya-u, 56.

Mae Khachan, Tambun Mae Chedi, Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai Province. View of Wat Phrachao Luang (also known as Wat Phra That Mon Phrachao Lai).

They were found in possession of 250,000 methamphetamine tablets and a pistol, deputy national police chief Chalermkiat Srivorakhan told the media.

Royal Thai Police Deputy Commissioner Pol Gen Chalermkiat Srivorakhan. Photo: Phuket News

Mr Akha is an ethnic hilltribe man and local politician who currently serves as a deputy chief of tambon Wiang Pa Pao administration organisation.

Prior to the arrests, police received information that the local politician had been operating a gang distributing drugs in Wiang Pa Pao district for some time, he said.

Mr Akha was arrested at a petrol station in Ban Mae Khachan in tambon Mae Chedi. Mr Suwichai and Mr Jamu were later detained outside the office of the tambon Wiang Pa Pao administration organisation.

Mr Janga was later detained outside a technical college in the district while he was waiting to deliver the seized methamphetamine tablets to a buyer, police said.

The four were all charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

In the second case, Pornsak Saesong, 42, and Chuan Saewa, 20 were detained and charged with possession of 48,000 methamphetamine tablets in Phetchabun’s Khao Kho district.

Photo: Wikipedia – Khao Kho in the rain seen from Thailand Route 12

They were arrested while waiting to deliver the drugs to their customers, police said.

In the third operation, carried out in Wang Saphung district of the northeastern province of Loei, three suspects were detained and 204 kilogrammes of dry compressed marijuana was seized from them, police said.

The suspects were identified as Nirut Buathum, 30, Prachuap Buathum, 37, and Boonchuay Khiawphairi, 49. They were charged with possession of cannabis.

The first two suspects were arrested while travelling in two cars transporting the seized marijuana from Loei to Rayong, police said.

Mr Boonchuay was detained while driving alone in Phuluang district, after admitting that he was travelling ahead of the other two suspects to scout the route for trouble, police said.

Source:  The Nation Multimedia. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1581206/Local-chief-caught-in-drug-busts#cxrecs_s

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Screenshots: Bright TV

A young Thai woman went on TV yesterday to offer what she said was a cautionary tale for the country’s women — the story of how her breast implant ruptured during sex.

The woman, identified only as Preeyaporn, said she had gotten 425cc breast implants from a clinic two years ago. All went well until one year later, Preeyaporn felt pain in her left breast while her boyfriend was touching it during sex.

“I was having sex with my boyfriend — you know, we were playing … like man and woman. He was squeezing it [my left breast] like he normally would,” she said in a phone interview with Bright TV.

“Then my breast was so tender, and I felt a slight burning. He continued to squeeze it,” she said.

Screenshot: Bright TV

What Preeyaporn didn’t realize was that her implant had ruptured. In fact, she didn’t realize it until almost a year later.

As time went by, she said that her left breast started to sag abnormally, and that’s when she sought help.

“I left it for a while … like almost a year. Then I did some research on the internet and found out that my breast implant might have ruptured,” she said.

“My left breast was really saggy. Just one of them.”

Her new doctor, Natchaya Maitreewech, confirmed after a routine checkup that the woman’s implant ruptured, suggesting it may have been caused by a mistake from her former surgeon when stitching her implant.

“Her ruptured implant disfigured her breast. Another factor is she had gotten quite large implants — 425cc — while the skin of her breasts is quite thin,” Dr. Natchaya told Bright TV.

“I’m going to cite research — if great-quality silicone implants are used, most leakages are caused by the stitching. The doctor could have pricked the silicone with a needle. That’s why it ruptured later. In some cases, low-quality silicones can have a leakage after worn for a while.”

“If [ruptured implants] are left for too long, they can cause inflammation,” the doctor said.

In Preeyaporn’s case, the young woman said she has had her breast implant fixed and now recovered from the surgery.

Her final warning: “You have to do lots of research and choose implants that aren’t too big for you, and you must get an ultrasound checkup for your implants every year.”

Here’s the VIDEO

Source: Coconuts: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/thai-woman-warns-others-about-breast-implant-rupture-during-sex/

In an effort to warn potential victims, friends of a Bangkok “Pretty” (a name commonly ascribed to beer-brand-outfitted female drinks presenters, or models) have posted a film of her drugged state. The post has received over 30,000 shares and is still spreading.

Links to the video should surface in coming hours and we will edit here.

Per The Nation:

A 28-year-old alcohol presenter at a Bangkok club claims to have been spiked with a “libido-boosting” substance on Tuesday night.

BANGKOK POST:  Electronic visa-on-arrival services are now operative at three major airports and will soon be available at two others, according to the immigration bureau.

Acting chief Surachate Hakparn said on Thursday booths had been opened at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and Phuket airports for visitors who applied in advance for e-visas via the immigration police online service.

The same facility would be ready at Chiang Mai airport next Monday and at Krabi airport in the near future, he said.

Visitors could use the “E-VOA” service at www.evisathailand.com from 1-30 days before arrival and pass through the special lanes in about a minute, instead of waiting in queues an hour or more.

They could fill in the forms and pay visa fees in advance. The service is available for visitors from 21 countries, Pol Maj Gen Surachate said.

Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1580382/e-visa-on-arrival-service-now-operating-at-3-major-airports#cxrecs_s

File Under: Dropped The Weed & Ran Dept….

Khon Kaen police have seized 500 kilograms of marijuana after a pickup truck overturned in Khon Kaen’s Ban Phai district early today. But no arrests have been made as yet.

The Nation reports that Pol Lt Gen Surachai Khuantejakup, commissioner of the Provincial Police Bureau 4, told a press conference that the 500 bars of marijuana were found after the pickup overturned and fell into a roadside ditch at a curve on Ban Phai-Nong Song Hon Road in Ban Nong Tap Tao village in Tambon Pa Por at 4am.

When police arrived at the scene of the crash the pickup driver had already escaped.

Surachai said police had learned that the drugs were smuggled via Nakhon Phanom’s border via Khon Kaen to a southern province.

Surachai said police learned from a tip-off that a gang would try to smuggle a huge amount of marijuana via Khon Kaen so police set up road checkpoints.

He said the pickup driver tried to avoid the main road and used a secondary road to avoid arrest but lost control of his vehicle.

Source: The Thaiger – https://thethaiger.com/news/north-east/half-a-tonne-of-marijuana-seized