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NAKHON PHANOM: An unidentified woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in the Mekong River in That Phanom district might be a Lao national after a group of businesspeople from Vientiane saw her clothes and believed the woman might be their relative who went missing last week.

NAKHON PHANOM: The body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase in the Mekong River in That Phanom district on Wednesday.

NAKHON PHANOM: Residents of four districts along the Mekong River and its tributaries have been warned the water level has risen to almost nine metres and it could soon overflow its banks.

NAKHON PHANOM: The Mekong river is steadily rising and communities along its banks are being warned it's time to prepare for possible flooding.

NAKHON PHANOM: A government patrol seized a quantity of ecstasy pills shaped like the fictional teddy bear Winnie the Pooh, along with sleeping pills, left on the bank of the Mekong river in That Phanom district late on Saturday night, a police source said.

NAKHON PHANOM: A government patrol seized a quantity of ecstasy pills shaped like the fictional teddy bear Winnie the Pooh, along with sleeping pills, left on the bank of the Mekong river in That Phanom district late on Saturday night, a police source said.

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.

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.

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

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.