Laos is proposing to expand its official list of prohibited narcotics and controlled chemicals to close legal loopholes as authorities deal with new and unclassified drugs entering the country.
Minister of Public Security Vanthong Kongmany presented the proposed framework to the National Assembly on 5 October.
He told lawmakers that traffickers...
On 16 June, Thai police in Bangkok arrested a 22-year-old Lao national after seizing more than 1,000 ketamine packets disguised as coffee products in...
Authorities in Vientiane seized more than 10 million methamphetamine pills in early June, in one of the city's largest drug busts in recent years.
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Authorities in Champasak Province have arrested five people suspected of methamphetamine trafficking and seized more than 22,000 pills during a crackdown in Sanasomboun district...
Thai authorities arrested a Lao national on 2 May after intercepting a boat carrying 249 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine across the Mekong River, Thai...