Thai authorities recently confiscated over 346 tonnes of illegally imported chicken feet from a cold storage facility in Samut Sakhon province in an effort to curb the spread of avian influenza.

Thai authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle 7.5 kilograms of heroin from Thailand to Australia, commander-in-chief of Narcotics Suppression, Pol Lt-General Khirisak Tantinawachai, said on Thursday.