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The Samdrupjongkhar Police has detained two non-Bhutanese for possession and supply of illegal substances to Bhutanese in Samdrupjongkhar town. Based on a tip off, the two men were arrested on January 30 at around 4 PM, from the lower market. One is a driver (27) while the other, is a …
Read More »383,756 SP capsules, 22,737 N10 tablets, 1,355 kg marijuana seized from 2014-17
Between 2014 to 2017 police made 2,805 drug related arrests and seized an astounding 383,756 capsules of SP (Spasmo-Proxy-Von), the most abused chemical substance in the country, besides a host of other restricted substances, according to records of the Royal Bhutan Police. The other substances seized in four years were …
Read More »Two arrested at pedestrian gate in Phuentsholing with drugs
Phuentsholing police arrested two men, at different times, from the pedestrian entry gate on the morning of January 18, with a stash of controlled substances. Based on a tip off, Phuentsholing police apprehended a 27-year-old man at around 9:10 am with 314 capsules of SP+, 13 tablets of N10 and …
Read More »Two girls escape the clutches of an abusive female pimp in Thimphu
Two young girls talked with The Bhutanese on how they became commercial sex workers under the same female pimp in Thimphu and managed to get out of it. The Bhutanese could meet these girls due to help from a member of an advocacy group. In 2016 the first young girl …
Read More »Druk Gaki Tshogpa to submit an application for registration after its 14th Jan party convention
Druk Gaki Tshogpa, a new political party, is ready to register with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) after it holds its first convention on 14 January this year. The party is confident it can win the election. Party founder Chheku Dukpa, a civil engineer by profession and currently working …
Read More »Rating public transport
Only 8% of the households use public transport almost every day, 25% indicated that they use it once a week while 44% use once a month according to the Bhutan Living Standard Survey 2017. Less than one in four households have never used public transport. The frequency of use of …
Read More »Suspect at large in connection to Chorten vandalism
As of December 29, Jomotshangkha police in Samdrupjongkhar were still looking for the suspect who vandalized a Jangchub Chorten located at Phajo Gonpa, Lauri on the morning of 27 December. The complaint was lodged by Gup Tempa Gyeltshen and police carried out an investigation along with Drunkhag and gewog staff. …
Read More »One dies of injury from gas explosion
A 36-year-old non-Bhutanese from Daragoan, Jaigoan, who suffered injuries from a welding gas cylinder explosion in Wangdi Engineering workshop, Phuentsholing, died after reaching Phuentsholing hospital on 27 December at around 1:30 PM. The incident took place at around 11:30 am. As per the statement by eyewitnesses the deceased was coming …
Read More »99% households have electricity but reliability a challenge
An estimated 99 percent of households in the country have access to electricity according to the Bhutan Living Standard Survey (BLSS) 2017 released this week. In urban areas access to electricity is 100 percent and 98 percent in rural areas according to the survey. More than half the households without …
Read More »What our workers are exposed to
More than 50 participants attended the seminar to develop a better understanding on the importance of safety and health in construction sites and to provide the foundation of the knowledge about health in construction sites. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and works and human settlement ministry organized the event learn …
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