The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced to death a Lao drug dealer after finding him guilty of smuggling narcotics, including heroin and methamphetamine (known as yaba), into the country.

ANTI-DRUG police have confiscated Bt1.5million from a bank account of actress Napapa “Patt” Tantrakul after she admitted to having received it from husband Akarakit Worarojcharoendet.