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4 agencies to tackle prison drug trade

08/02/2012 : Four major government agencies have agreed to jointly tackle the drug trade in prison with the Corrections Department being the coordinator, Justice Ministy spokesman Thirachai Wuthitham said on Wednesday.
Illegal rosewood worth B11m seized

08/02/2012 : Sixty-one illegally harvested rosewood logs, or payoong, worth more than 11 million baht were seized by police and forestry officials in Si Sa Ket on Wednesday.

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Security tight as jail braces for influx of drug-trading inmates
08/02/2012 : Khao Bin prison in Ratchaburi has beefed up security in preparation to receive 200 notorious drug inmates being transferred from other jails.
Police seize fake steel bars
07/02/2012 : The Department of Special Investigation has seized about 100 tonnes of uncertified and counterfeit steel bars – the biggest haul of its kind in recent years - after a raid on a factory in Samut Prakan’s Phra Samut Chedi district on Tuesday.
Police to act against extortion gangs
07/02/2012 : The Metropolitan Police Bureau on Tuesday announced a four-step plan to combat the extortion of motorcycle taxi operators by criminal gangs in Bangkok.
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Murder probe to investigate encroachment
06/02/2012 : The Department of Special Investigation's probe into the murder of the wife of a senior prosecutor is likely to be extended to cover alleged encroachment of state land in Ratchaburi's Suan Phung district.
Tunnel vision approach to war on drugs
06/02/2012 : The Narcotics Suppression Bureau is going hi-tech in its efforts to detect drugs in transit through the two northern provinces of Phrae and Lampang _ a major transportation route.
Motorbike taxis ask Chalerm for help
03/02/2012 : Motorcycle taxi drivers on Friday sought help from Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, seeking protection from extortion by criminal gangs.
Pirated discs seized in Ubon
03/02/2012 : Police on Friday confiscated more than 10,000 pirated DVDs, VCDs and music CDs in central Ubon Ratchathani.
Khmer Rouge jailer's sentence increased to life
03/02/2012 : A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life Friday, bringing down the curtain on a landmark first case at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.
CRIME
Taxi extortion racket tackled
02/02/2012 : Wan Yubamrung, adviser to the deputy transport minister, has announced his plan to revamp the registration and licensing process for motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok to tackle extortion.
CRIME
'Special zone' to house 500 drug inmates
31/01/2012 : The Corrections Department is gearing up to transfer about 500 prisoners who have been convicted of serious drug offences to Khao Bin Central Prison's "special zone" next month.