Police in northern Thailand’s Phayao province have arrested a 40-year-old pregnant mother for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to create bodily harm.

Phayao Police report they were called after a woman and her daughter had been stabbed and beaten by a family member  to a house number 206, Soi 7, Village No. 3, Ban San Nong Niao Subdistrict. Tom, Mueang District.

When officers arrived they found Ms. Chayada Chaiyawan, age 45, and her daughter Ms. Patida Chaiyawan, age 19, with injuries to their bodies and heads. Blood was spread all over the bedroom, and they found Mrs. Sakulkarn, aged 40 years, who was a relative living next door, tied up.

The police then transported all of them to Phayao Hospital for treatment. Ms. Chayada was stabbed thirteen times and her daughter twice. Both also sustained head injuries, according to Phayao police.

Ms. Chayada told police the incident occurred around 4:00 a.m. She was sleeping in the room with her young son, when she heard someone opened the bedroom door. She said at that time it was still dark and all she saw a shadow of a person lifting what she though was a hammer.

She said the got up and fought until she fell after being hit in the head and stabbed with a knife, in fear for her life she screamed for her daughter to come and help. When the daughter entered the room the assailant proceeded to hit her in the head and stabbed her also.

The assailant ran out of the room and was immediately restrained by a neighbour who heard the screaming and ran into the house to help. Mrs. Sakulkarn who was 7 months pregnant was tied up and police and rescue workers were called to the scene. The neighbour told police that all the time they were waiting for the police.

Police said Mrs. Sakulkarn is being held in Hospital and is under psychiatric care. Ms. Chayada and her daughter were treated for their injuries and sent home.

According to Thai Media, Police said charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to create bodily harm will be filed against Mrs. Sakulkarn after she is released from Hospital.

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Five people were killed and two others badly injured when a pickup truck was hit by a north-bound train at an unguarded railway crossing in Phitchit province on Monday evening.

Phitchit police reported the horrific crash occurred around 6 pm at Moo 1 village in tambon Pak Thang of Muang district of Phitchit.

Police said the 201 passenger train from Bangkok to Phitsanulok approached the crossing, which was unguarded and had no safety barriers.

A four-door pickup truck plates drove across the tracks and into the path of oncoming the train which was was unable to stop or slowdown in time to avoid hitting the pickup truck.

The force of the crash drove the pickup about 30 metres down the railway crossing and off to the side. All passengers on the pickup were thrown from the vehicle.

Three women passengers died immediately and two more passengers died later at Phichit Hospital. Two others including the driver of the pickup were seriously injured.

Police investigators said truck driver Pratya Khongthat, 40, was taking relatives, including a 14-yea-old girl, to a funeral at Wat Ratchangkhwan in tambon Pak Thang, approximately one kilometer from the accident scene.

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Soldiers in Chiang Mai province of northern Thailand have taken one suspect into custody and seized around 1.6 million methamphetamine pills that a group of drug smugglers who were fleeing had left behind in the Fang district.

On the basis of information that drug smugglers would be entering Chiang Mai’s Fang district from Myanmar via a natural border, soldiers from the Chaiyanuparb special operations unit were dispatched to a border location.

At Pha Kha village, a patrol noticed some men walking through a lychee plantation with rucksacks on them. A biker and a pickup truck were standing by to greet them.

The men fled on the cars despite the troops’ calls for them to stop so they could search them. The patrol informed the road checkpoints in the area.

The men ran through one checkpoint without stopping, even in the face of gunfire directed at them. The suspects abandoned their cars and fled as the soldiers pursued them into the grounds of Wat Huai Chanu.

According to arresting officials, 16 rucksacks holding roughly 1.6 million meth pills were found and one individual was apprehended. Seized were the motorcycle and the pickup vehicle, both registered in Chiang Rai.

The drugs’ estimated street worth, according to the authorities, was 240 million baht.

Drug Running in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai

In northern Thailand, drug smuggling is a major problem that affects the whole area. This region is a component of the Golden Triangle, known for producing methamphetamine and opium.

Because of the difficult terrain and extensive woodlands, smugglers make it difficult for law enforcement to find and apprehend them. They frequently buy off local authorities to ignore their presence, further complicating efforts to execute the law.

Due to Thailand’s porous borders with Myanmar and Laos, smugglers have several points of entry. Subsequently, these substances overtake regional markets and go to adjacent nations, fostering addiction and criminal activity.

Although the Thai government is making more of an effort to eradicate this evil, the issue is pervasive. Local communities frequently find themselves in the middle of the dangers and social problems associated with drug trafficking.

Agencies from both domestic and foreign countries must work together to combat drug smuggling in northern Thailand.

As stated by authorities The terrible impacts of the drug trade will still affect the area if these measures are unsuccessful.