Smuggling probe
The Excise Department is investigating an allegation that one of its high-level officials tried to persuade police to let go of a truck carrying 15,000 litres of smuggled oil.

Security agencies are keeping a close watch on a new group that they say has called for a public referendum on the independence of “Patani State” from Thailand.
Department of Corrections clarifies that new rule allowing some convicts to serve sentences outside prison has nothing to do with former prime minister’s vow to return from exile.
The Excise Department is investigating an allegation that one of its high-level officials tried to persuade police to let go of a truck carrying 15,000 litres of smuggled oil.
PHUKET: A Kazakh man suspected of shooting and injuring a Russian man in a gun attack in Thalang district on Wednesday has been arrested, police said.
Statistics from Southern Europe indicate a complete recovery in tourism after years of travel restrictions, resulting in a bullish performance for Thai hospitality groups.
Security agencies are keeping a close watch on a new group that they say has called for a public referendum on the independence of “Patani State” from Thailand.
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Department of Corrections clarifies that new rule allowing some convicts to serve sentences outside prison has nothing to do with former prime minister’s vow to return from exile.
FarmInno (Thailand), an agricultural technology business under Chia Tai Limited Company, Thailand’s leading innovative agricultural company, recently had welcomed over 100 delegates from the AGRICONNECT 2023 conference and exhibition. This international conference was organized by the German Agricultural Society (DLG), VNU Asia Pacific and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The event took place at Chia Tai Research & Development Station in Kanchanaburi province.
Club Med, the premium all-inclusive hospitality brand and global snow holiday leader, which has announced revenues of 1.7 billion euros for 2022 and has already reached its highest ever monthly levels for January and February 2023, will open 17 new resorts in the coming two years as well as extending or renovating 10 existing properties.
The Excise Department is investigating an allegation that one of its high-level officials tried to persuade police to let go of a truck carrying 15,000 litres of smuggled oil.
PHUKET: A Kazakh man suspected of shooting and injuring a Russian man in a gun attack in Thalang district on Wednesday has been arrested, police said.
BRASILIA: Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, the voice of Bossa Nova whose version of “The Girl from Ipanema” was an international success in the late 1960s, has died at the age of 83, her family said.
LONDON: A trove of Freddie Mercury's previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen's biggest hits goes on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later this year.
A list of 100 role models honoured for their inspiring innovations to change the world sustainably is presented in an online exhibition titled "100 Faces Of Thailand's Innovation Inspirers 3".