Bangkok police investigate crystal meth found in Japan-bound parcel
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026
A person carrying goods between Thailand and Japan alerted police after finding approximately 2.059 kilograms of crystal meth inside six jars of tamarind paste.
ONCB probe finds foreign ringleaders behind Australia-Taiwan drug route
FRIDAY, JULY 03, 2026
Thai authorities have arrested the delivery rider who allegedly handed narcotics to a flight attendant, as the ONCB expands its probe into a network using Thailand as a transit route to Australia and Taiwan.
Transport Ministry overhauls airport anti-drug measures, says crew and passengers face same screening
THURSDAY, JULY 02, 2026
Thailand’s Transport Ministry has ordered tighter airport anti-drug measures, integrating intelligence, modern technology and biometric systems, while insisting that crew members are screened to the same standard as passengers.
Thai DHSS orders clinic closure over unregistered weight-loss drug
FRIDAY, JUNE 05, 2026
Officials said a clinic staff member, not a doctor, administered a weight-loss injection before the patient’s symptoms worsened and she was hospitalised.
Thai FDA classifies weight-loss pens as specially controlled medicines
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2026
Thailand’s FDA has tightened controls on injectable GLP-1 drugs amid rising misuse of “weight-loss pens” on social media, warning of serious health risks and stressing they must now be dispensed only on a doctor’s prescription.