The Corrections Department and police have created a database of DNA and fingerprints from over 48,000 inmates, which helped solve 46 criminal cases, according to the Corrections Department chief Pol Col Narat Sawettanan.

Around 9 million methamphetamine pills and 300kg of crystal meth or "ice" had been confiscated in Chiang Mai province shortly after the arrest of a fugitive on Monday, the police claimed.