Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 24

BANGKOK -- A police helicopter crashed in Thailand's Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Saturday, killing three people, the Thai police said.

According to local media reports, the Bell 212 helicopter was on a training mission when it went down around 1:00 p.m. local time near the Wing 5 Air Force Base. (Thailand-Helicopter-Crash)

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TOKYO -- A fire that broke out at a factory near Tokyo's Haneda Airport was almost completely put out Saturday morning after causing delays to some flights, local media reported.

The fire department received an emergency call at around 5 p.m. local time Friday about the blaze on a conveyor belt in the industrial waste-related facility, Kyodo News reported. (Japan-Fire)

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YANGON -- Myanmar police have seized 1.8 tons of caffeine in central Myanmar's Mandalay region, the state-owned daily The Mirror reported on Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle on May 19 in Pyigyitagon township of Mandalay region, and confiscated 1.8 tons of caffeine, the report said. (Myanmar-Caffeine)

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MANILA -- Three people were killed after they were swept away in flash floods that hit villages in Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines, provincial authorities said Saturday.

Officials of the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office said the victims, a 34-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter in Lebak town and an eight-year-old boy from Kalamansig town, were drowned in raging floodwaters on Friday. (Philippines-Floods) Enditem