STRICT inspections at a checkpoint in Phuket led to the arrest of a Thai man who was travelling by bus after over 1kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 400 Ecstasy pills (MDMA) were found in his backpack, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 19). A Tha Chatchai police station team mounted this operation under
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Arrest warrant out for one suspect in Narathiwat checkpoint attack
THE Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 Forward Command said this evening (July 25) that progress has been made in investigating the attack on a checkpoint in Far South Narathiwat province midweek that killed five rangers and injured six civilians with an arrest warrant having been issued for one suspect while another has been
Read moreFrench woman nabbed for smuggling ‘fantasy’ drug on flight from Thailand
A FRENCH woman who flew to Perth from Thailand was set to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on June 26 charged with allegedly importing a border-controlled drug, colloquially called “fantasy”, inside a bottle of body wash on May 29, Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) said. She was arrested before a Thai Airways International flight
Read moreSaleswoman held for swapping QR codes to siphon cash to her account
A SALESWOMAN was arrested today (June 6) on charges of swapping QR codes and siphoning money from the sale of around 200 pairs of shoes to her own account resulting in the company suffering a loss of over half a million baht, TV Channel 7 said. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), through the Crime
Read moreNew Ecstasy formula mixed with collagen seized
A NEW formula of the narcotic Ecstasy mixed with collagen was found after a suspect was arrested in Nonthaburi with this new mixture distributed at entertainment venues popular with teenagers nationwide, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 6). A team from Pak Kret police station had apprehended Mr. Pongsathorn Taengsri, 24, on an arrest
Read moreMyanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
By Grant Peck, AP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, state television announced Thursday night (April 30). Myanmar’s military information office confirmed the news through a text message to the press. Accompanying the announcement was a photo of the 80-year-old
Read moreFormer provincial administration candidate held for drug trafficking
ARRESTED on drug trafficking charges in a sting operation mounted by Rayong City Police today (April 7) was a former People’s Party candidate for this coastal city’s Provincial Administrative Organisation who was immediately expelled from the camp, Amarin TV said. The Special Suppression Unit team seized some methamphetamine pills and crystal methamphetamine (Ice) at
Read moreArrest warrants out for Ben Smith and wife on fraud charges
THE Thai Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today (March 2) issued arrest warrants for Mr. Ben Smith, aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife Ms. Katriya Beaver on charges of transnational investment fraud with losses amounting to over 1 billion baht, Amarin TV and PPTVHD36 said. Ben Smith is a foreign businessman classified by the United
Read moreIsraeli restaurateur nabbed in big drug bust on Koh Phangan
IN A sting operation Tourist Police together with local administration officials and a team from Koh Phangan police station arrested an Israeli man who runs a restaurant on the popular tourist island as a front for trafficking drugs and seized over 50 million baht of a variety of narcotics, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb.
Read more4 Israelis nabbed on drug charges at Koh Phangan
A POLICE raid on a luxury villa at Koh Phangan led to the arrest of three Israeli nationals after drugs were found there with their Israeli supplier apprehended at another residence on this tourist island, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Jan. 12). Lt. Col. Thanapon Saetang, deputy district chief for security affairs, Koh Phangan
Read moreActivist group insists inmate Thaksin be denied ‘detention’ outside of prison
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POLITICAL ACTIVIST group today (Sep.12) called on the Department of Corrections to never upgrade the convicted criminal status for de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra which could otherwise provide him leniency to the extent that he be literally “detained” outside of a prison sooner or later. The People’s
Read moreHousing estate juristic chairman, manager held for bribing officials
THE JURISTIC chairman and manager of a luxury housing estate in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district were arrested yesterday (Sep. 5) on charges of bribing officials much to the relief of residents who have been living in fear for years with some of them even beaten up, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Phermwut Pratumrat,
Read moreAustralian man held at airport for smuggling Ice
AN AUSTRALIAN man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport after a search of his luggage found 1.2-million-baht worth of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden within, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Aug. 18). Mr. Panthong Loikulnan, the Customs Department’s spokesperson, said officials from its Investigation and Suppression Division together with the Airport Interdiction Task Force, the
Read more12-year-old girl and adult boyfriend held drug charges
A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD girl and her 35-year-old boyfriend were arrested for distributing methamphetamine pills in Maha Sarakham City today (Aug. 9) after a car chase, Amarin TV said. Following a tip-off that a major drug distributor had a very young girlfriend and would come to pick her up when distributing meth pills in this Northeastern
Read moreArrest warrant out for Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Swiss man accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 21). Mr. Nipit Intarasombat said although the Court of
Read morePolice seeking arrest warrant for Karen rebel leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION is currently taking steps to get a court-endorsed arrest warrant for Karen Border Guard Force leader Saw Chit Thu on charges of alleged involvement in crimes across the Thai-Myanmar border, according to a government official. Saw Chit Thu has been suspected by Thai authorities as
Read moreKaren rebel leader may be nabbed for alleged involvement in transnational crimes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED government was today (Feb. 10) encouraged to have Karen rebel leader Saw Chit Thu arrested on charges of alleged involvement in crimes perpetrated across the Thai-Myanmar border. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome posted on his Facebook page to prompt the Pheu Thai-led government to manage to get an
Read moreSouth Korea authorities enter presidential residence to arrest impeached Yoon
By Agencies and published by CNA Seoul – South Korean investigators entered the presidential residence early Friday (Jan. 3) seeking to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, the first time the country has ever sought to arrest a sitting leader. Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office, which is probing Yoon’s short-lived declaration of martial law on
Read more15 million meth pills seized in sting operation spin-off
POLICE seized 15.6 million methamphetamine pills hidden in a pickup truck in Ayutthaya yesterday (Dec. 10) and arrested a suspect with this stemming from further investigation of a sting operation in June, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Wirathep (surname withheld), or Thep Klongjik, was arrested and seized from the pickup truck he was driving were
Read moreColombian men nabbed for stealing all over Chiang Mai
TWO Colombian men have been arrested and charged with cycling around Chiang Mai and stealing goods with the latest house to be hit belonging to a Chinese family who lost over a million baht of their belongings, MNG Online said yesterday (Nov. 20). Pol. Maj. Gen. Thawatchai Phongwiwatchachai, commander of Chiang Mai provincial police,
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