Burning building
Firefighters on February 6 put out a fire in a storeroom of the Grand Sport Company near Navamin Soi 70 in Bangkok.
Drug raid
Three arrested at Phuket salon
More than 90 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana, a grenade and many rounds of ammunition were seized at a beauty salon in Phuket’s Thalang district.
A narcotics suppression team raided Baibua beauty salon in Thep Kasattri sub-district on February 5 following a tip-off.
Police said salon owner Vipawadee Muadchana and two men identified as Suriya Chuayjuan, 34, and Nethithorn Waddina, 49, were present. Police searched the shop and found 92 bars of compressed marijuana. Police said the suspects confessed to possessing the drugs and arms and said the drugs had been smuggled from the northeast.
Fair fares
BMTA wants project extended
The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority will seek to extend the state free-fare bus project after running up a loss of nearly 80 million baht due to anti-government rallies.
BMTA acting chief Naret Bunpiam said if the project continues, it will help ease the losses faced by the BMTA. The project is set to expire on March 31.
Despite new financial woes, the BMTA has managed its liquidity as it obtains subsidies from the free-fare bus project and it also receives financial assistance through state enterprise subsidies.
EASY NEWS FOR M1-3
Bomb blast
Plantation owner killed
There was an explosion on February 9. It happened at a rubber plantation in Pattani. The plantation owner was killed. Police said a group of insurgents planted a bomb. Police were searching for them.
Vocabulary
- ammunition (n): a supply of bullets, etc. to be fired from guns
tip-off (n): secret information that somebody gives, for example to the police, to warn them about an illegal activity that is going to happen
woes (n): the troubles and problems that somebody has
liquidity (n): the state of owning things of value that can easily be exchanged for cash
subsidy (n): money that is paid by a government or an organisation to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low
insurgent (n): a person fighting against the government or armed forces of their own country
