A FRENCH man wanted under an Interpol red notice on transnational organised crime charges was arrested in Phuket today (July 2) and will now be extradited to Luxembourg, Amarin TV said this evening. A police team from special operation divisions of Investigation Bureau Region 8 and Phuket Immigration Office arrested Mr. Chirrane Yanis, 29,
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Justice Minister reproached for avoiding House inquiry into senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE Minister Rutthapol Naowarat was today (July 2) lambasted for unjustifiably circumventing the People’s-led, sustained probe into 2024’s senatorial vote-buying, electoral rigging scandals allegedly involving Bhumjaithai leader/Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob’s son/party secretary-general Chaichanok Chidchob, according to an opposition MP. Rutthapol was reportedly quoted
Read moreBoy in deadly accident killing 8 monks is a special needs child
THE grandmother of an 11-year-old boy who stole a pickup truck from his house and rammed into a group of Buddhist monks killing eight of them and injuring 21 others plus a layperson in Mukhahan province today (July 2) said he is a special needs child, PPTVHD36 and TV Channel 7 said. At 11
Read more2 Uzbek men nabbed at Phuket Airport for smuggling cannabis
ARRESTED at Phuket Airport yesterday (July 1) were two Uzbek men on charges of attempting to smuggle dried cannabis flowers and resin out of the country in their luggage, Amarin TV said this morning. The first suspect, Mr. Jalilboyevich Bunyodboy Juraboev, 26, was apprehended during baggage inspection at the Baggage Inspection Room on the
Read moreKane double rescues England in comeback win over DR Congo
By Reuters and published by CNA ATLANTA: Harry Kane scored twice in the final 15 minutes to see England through to the World Cup round of 16 as they left it late to fight back and overcome a dogged Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1 on Wednesday (July 1). Kane produced another match-winning performance for
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