DARK SECRETS: That phanom - The Real Truth

Fleeing smugglers abandon 1.3m speed pills

Authorities have seized nearly 1.3 million speed pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers on the bank of the Mekong River in That Phanom district of Nakhon Phanom province.

Bangkok Post · Jul 6, 2023

Summer storm ravages 2 districts in Nakhon Phanom

NAKHON PHANOM: About 70 houses were damaged when a summer storm hit parts of That Phanom and Renu Nakhon districts of this northeastern border province on Saturday afternoon, officials said.

Bangkok Post · Apr 23, 2023

21kg 'ice' in packages labelled Chinese tea

NAKHON PHANOM: An army patrol seized 21 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine packaged as Chinese tea from the bank of the Mekong River, and arrested one suspect, in That Phanom district.

Bangkok Post · Jan 30, 2023

1 killed in shooting after brawl in Nakhon Phanom

NAKHON PHANOM: A member of an illegal money-lending gang was killed in a shooting that occurred early on Sunday morning in That Phanom district of this northeastern border province, police said.

Bangkok Post · Jul 3, 2022

Sudden buffalo deaths being investigated

NAKHON PHANOM: Livestock officials are looking into the unexplained sudden deaths of four female buffaloes in That Phanom district on Tuesday afternoon.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29, 2022

Drug seizures on Mekong river bank

NAKHON PHANOM: Combined patrols of the navy's Mekong Riverine Unit and local security officials seized a total of 1.4 million methamphetamine pills and 482 kilogrammes of dried marijuana in That Phanom and Tha Uthen districts on Monday night.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29, 2022

Job seekers from Laos caught on Mekong river bank

NAKHON PHANOM: A patrol of the Mekong Riverine Unit arrested 57 Lao nationals who illegally crossed the Mekong river in long-tail boats to That Phanom district of this northeastern border province late on Saturday night.

Bangkok Post · May 9, 2022

Tourists throng beach on Mekong River

NAKHON PHANOM: Tourists thronged a sandy beach on an island in the Mekong River on Saturday, generating hundreds of thousands of baht a day at the attraction in That Phanom district.

Bangkok Post · Mar 12, 2022

Search for woman, young daughter missing in Mekong river

NAKHON PHANOM: The search continued on Monday for a woman seen jumping into the Mekong river, taking her 7-year-old daughter with her, from a moored boat in That Phanom district on Sunday afternoon.

Bangkok Post · Feb 28, 2022

200kg of marijuana seized on Mekong River bank

NAKHON PHANOM: A Lao man was arrested beside the Mekong River in That Phanom district and 200 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana seized late on Monday night.

Bangkok Post · Jan 25, 2022