Tag: speed
Green light for new speed limits
THE CABINET today (June 1) approved draft ministerial regulations on new speed limits according to the type of vehicles and the characteristics of the roads to suit traffic conditions and comply with international standards, Amarin TV said this afternoon (June 1). The regulation for Bangkok, Pattaya City and community areas is as follows: – …
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Speed limit will be raised to 120kph in April
THE speed limit for roads with four lanes or more will be raised from 90 kilometres per hour to 120kph, NNT said today (Feb. 27) Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the new speed limit should be announced in the Royal Gazette by April, after a study by the Department of Highways, Department of Rural Roads, …
Court acquits truck driver charged with possessing 1 Speed pill
HUA HIN Provincial Court quashed a charge of possessing one methamphetamine (Speed) pill filed against a truck driver after a police search on November 13 last year landed him in a legal tangle, Channel 3 News reported today (Sept. 22, 2020). Mr. Sophon Wongsawat, 47, was driving a truck loaded with rubber sheets from Chumphon …
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Laotian boatmen toss bagful of speed pills on Thai side and flee
A LAOTIAN boat quickly sped away after flinging a sackful of methamphetamine (speed) pills into the bushes near a pier at Mekong river in upper northeastern Mukdahan City which when seized yielded a total of 74,132 tablets of this drug, Naewna newspaper reported today (June 21, 2020). An eagle-eyed local man who saw the whole …
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Convenience store manager held for selling drugs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE WOMAN MANAGER of a 7-11 convenience store in Pattani was yesterday (June 6) arrested under suspicion of doing an unlikely business besides dealing in groceries – distributing speed pills. Police arrested Chanida Chanthudom at one of the 7-11s in the southern province and seized 110 speed pills in her alleged …
Chiang Mai police nab three in huge drug bust
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE IN CHIANG MAI province seized a record haul of speed pills on the way to the interior of the country in the wee hours today (May 30). A total of 14 million methamphetamine tablets, contained in 77 fertilizer bags, were seized from a pickup truck parked at a hotel in …