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Metropolitan police intercepted nearly 1.4 million methamphetamine pills in a pickup truck approaching Bangkok on Friday.

From the back of open-top trucks and cars, candidates of Thailand's political parties drove through Bangkok on Saturday, as a months-long campaign that could usher in a new government for the first time in nearly a decade drew to a close.

All nine suspects facing charges arising from a violent confrontation at the Samran Rat police station in Bangkok on Wednesday night have been granted bail.

Thailand has seen two coups, three prime ministers brought down by court rulings, intermittent violence and crippling colour-coded street demonstrations during two decades of political instability.

Thailand's political parties have nominated prime ministerial candidates ahead of a May 14 election, which will showcase a long-running battle between the billionaire Shinawatra family and parties backed by a conservative pro-military establishment.

Voting is set for Sunday, with progressive parties calling for reforms to the monarchy and military.

The days of easily buying marijuana on the streets of Bangkok or Phuket may soon be over.

What isn’t common knowledge in Thailand is that in April 2022, Minor International won a £60m auction of the famed Corbin & King, and along with it ownership of The Wolseley in Piccadilly, London. What is common knowledge is that Café Wolseley is doing a three-month pop-up in Bangkok.

Pheu Thai and Move Forward share a desire to get the army out of politics and they could form a coalition if their combined seats exceed the majority.