AN INDIAN businessman charged with being the big boss running an ice cream business as a cover for loansharking to residents in Bang Phi district, Samut Prakan province, is being questioned after seven Indian motorcycle-riding vendors were rounded up for threatening and intimidating their clients, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 28). Bang Phli
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Thai held over parrot eggs haul in South Africa
By AFP and published by CNA JOHANNESBURG: South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through Johannesburg’s main airport, the environment ministry said on Wednesday (Aug. 26). The 50-year-old was arrested last week at OR Tambo International Airport after officials found the eggs concealed inside a
Read moreAmerican man high on drugs steals, slashes policeman with cutter
A DRAMATIC incident occurred in Sua Pa area of Bangkok today (Aug. 22) when an American man who later tested positive for consumption of methamphetamine was arrested after stealing from a convenience store then slashing a policeman with a cutter as he was trying to apprehend him, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Kris
Read moreLaotian gold shop robbers nabbed, being extradited to Thailand
TWO Laotian men have been arrested in their country on charges of mounting a brazen robbery of a gold shop in Chiang Rai on the Thai side of the border making off with 184 baht weight of gold ornaments before fleeing across the Mekong river back to their homeland earlier this month, Naewna newspaper
Read more2 suspects confess to killing Russian siblings
A COUPLE of suspects wanted in the disappearance of two Russian siblings in Chonburi have been arrested in Sa Kaeo province bordering Cambodia with police saying that they have confessed to killing them with the motive being theft of their motorcycle, Naewna newspaper said today (July 31). Diana Nazimova, 22, and Roman Nazimov, 17,
Read moreMyanmar military round up over 700 scammers near Mae Sot
MYANMAR troops rounded up 777 online scammers, including Chinese and Thai nationals plus citizens of their own country while clashing with Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) across from Thailand’s Tak province, Amarin TV said today (July 29). Myanmar officials in Myawaddy township, Kayin state, opposite Mae Sot district on the Thai side, said Myanmar
Read moreSwiss man arrested on charges of assaulting boy at Patong beach
A SWISS man has been arrested for allegedly luring a 14-year-old boy to Patong Beach and sexually assaulting him with Phuket police having charged him with three serious offences and are opposing bail, TV Channel 7 said today (July 21). The boy’s mother had contacted Ms. Paveena Hongsakul, president of Paveena Foundation for Children
Read more2 Chinese members of surrogacy ring nabbed in Pattaya
TWO Chinese nationals wanted in their homeland for being key members of an illegal surrogacy ring were arrested at a Pattaya hotel today (July 5), TV Channel 7 said. A police team from the Central Investigation and Immigration bureaux apprehended Mr. Yan, 43, and Ms. Mi, 33, and revoked their permits to stay in
Read moreFrench man wanted under Interpol red notice arrested in Phuket
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,
Read moreThai police hunting for ecommerce operator in flight attendant’s heroin arrest in Australia
THAI police are chasing an ecommerce operator named “Rose” who hired a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight attendant arrested on charges of heroin trafficking at Melbourne Airport, Australia, last week to take OTOP and other Thai products there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (June 30). The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a
Read moreThai flight Attendant denied bail for heroin smuggling in Australia and faces dismissal
By Amarin TV and AP – published by Euronews AN AUSTRALIAN court has denied bail to a Thai Airways International (THAI) flight attendant arrested on charges of smuggling 11.4 million baht worth of heroin at Melbourne Airport with the airline saying today (June 29) it is swiftly moving to investigate and dismiss her. Mr.
Read moreIsraeli man nabbed in Koh Phangan nominee crackdown
AN ISRAELI man was arrested as soon as he arrived at Koh Samui Airport this morning (June 10) on charges of using Thai nominees to buy a plot of land on Koh Phangan, TV Channel 7 said. The arrest of Mr. Eden Alisa, 30, is part of an operation to dismantle illegal nominee networks
Read more4 Chinese loan shark gangsters arrested in Chonburi
FOUR Chinese members of a ruthless Mafia gang who are wanted on charges lending money at an exorbitant interest rate and torturing their victims if they were unable to clear their debts were arrested in Chonburi for overstaying and all will now be deported to their home country, Naewna newspaper said today (May 30).
Read moreIsraeli ‘Avengers’ gang member nabbed at Koh Samui
AN Israeli man who is said to be a high-ranking member of the “Avengers” gang and has committed numerous crimes in his home country was arrested at a Koh Samui luxury villa with details of three of his accomplices hiding out with him sent to Israel for background checks, Amarin TV said today (May
Read moreIndonesian scam boss arrested in Phuket
PHUKET Immigration police arrested an Indonesian man at a luxury resort under a US arrest warrant and an Interpol Red Notice on charges of defrauding victims via transcontinental cryptocurrency investment schemes, Police News Varieties and TV Channel 7 said today (April 25). The suspect, Mr. William, 33, who is based in the United Arab
Read moreTurkish engineer wanted for building collapse nabbed in Pattaya
ARRESTED in Pattaya today (April 22) is a Turkish construction engineer wanted under an Interpol Red Notice in connection with the collapse of a building following an earthquake that rocked the country 2023, TV Channel 7 said this evening. A Chonburi Immigration police team apprehended Mr. Abdullah, 77, a Turkish national, at a condominium
Read moreWhistleblower nabbed on charges of demanding payoff from former Immigration officer
A WELL-KNOWN whistleblower was arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) police on charges of extorting 2.5 million baht from a former Immigration police officer to not broadcast allegations of smuggling out Chinese suspects from a detention centre, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (April 21). The CIB police team arrested Mr. Achariya Ruangratanapong, president
Read moreChinese call centre gang busted in Bangkok after woman conned out of 34m baht
METROPOLITAN Police rounded up three Chinese nationals who are members of a transnational call centre gang on charges of defrauding a 65-year-old Thai woman out of over 34 million baht then demanding more, PPTVHD36 said today (April 18). At around 5.40 p.m. yesterday a police team from Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Investigation Division 3 together
Read moreGerman cyberattack suspect arrested in Bangkok
ARRESTED IN Thonglor area of Bangkok today (April 11) is a German man wanted under 74 German and EU arrest warrants plus an Interpol Red Notice on charges of operating two online platforms offering to mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt websites and servers of organizations across the world, TV channel 7 and
Read more43 Indians rounded up in Pattaya for running online gambling websites
Updated at 11.15 p.m. A RAID on a luxury pool villa in Pattaya today (March 25) led to the arrest of 43 Indian men who were working there as administrators of a network of over 23 international online gambling websites with approximately 5 billion rupees (over 1.6 billion baht) annual turnover, Amarin TV said.
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