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
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German 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.
Read moreCondo technician held for stealing 250kg safe
A NAKHON Ratchasima City (Korat) police team today (March 19) found a 250-kilogramme safe stolen from a luxury condo belonging to a popular food influence hidden in a house and arrested two suspects with one of them being the building’s technician, Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Pannarai Khemmee, 33, or Mod Oil, was distressed at
Read moreIsrael man arrested on drug charges on Koh Phangan, Aussie couple too nabbed
FOLLOWING the arrest of a Brazilian man on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan, further investigation led to an Israeli man being arrested on similar charges while an Australian couple also landed in hot water with the man for drug use and the woman for resisting arrest, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said
Read moreFour Brits arrested for stealing 2m baht deny charges
FOUR British nationals who were arrested on charges of stealing a safe containing over 2 million from the townhouse of a compatriot in Chonburi last Thursday (Feb. 26) are being interrogated but remain uncooperative as they deny the charges, Amarin TV said last night (March 1). After masked robbers broke into the townhouse British
Read moreBrit nabbed for hacking money transfer system, using fake credit cards
THAI immigration police arrested a British national on charges of hacking cash from a money transfer system and using fake credit cards to stay in dozens of luxury hotels, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 20). Immigration Bureau Region 1 tracked down and arrested Mr. George (pseudonym), 50, after the Hotel Security Association alerted them
Read moreFrench tourist nabbed after dropping drug at Phuket Airport
A FRENCH national holidaying in Phuket was arrested after dropping 10 small bags cocaine at the southern island’s airport with more drugs found at his hotel room, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 6). Pol. Lt. Col. Chamnan Inthanon, head of investigation at Sakhu police station, was alerted by Phuket Airport’s security personnel that 10
Read moreWanted murder suspect arrested 30+ years later in Thailand
A HONG KONG murder suspect wanted under an Interpol Red Notice and hid in Thailand for over three decades has now been arrested in Bangkok and will be deported, Naewna newspaper said last night (Feb. 4). Immigration police arrested Mr. Mui, 62, for the offence of being a “foreign national residing in Thailand without
Read moreBritish man arrested after killing Thai wife in Isan
A BRITISH man was arrested today (Jan. 27) after killing his wife at a homestay in Maha Sarakham city in the Northeast then fleeing to Khon Kaen city, TV Channel 7 said. Police at Don Hwan station rushed to the homestay at Khok Ko subdistrict where Ms. Phatree, or Pia, 44, had died after
Read moreIranian held for pickpocketing Chinese tourist
AN Iranian man who together with his accomplice used a ruse to pickpocket a Chinese tourist at MRT Phra Ram 9 station was arrested by Immigration Police for both theft and overstaying his visa, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Jan. 26). The unidentified Chinese tourist said in filing a complaint at Huai Khwang police
Read moreRaid on romance scam den at Muang Thong Thani nets 13 African suspects
A COMPLAINT filed by a woman who lost over 2 million baht to a romance scam gang led to rounding up 13 African suspects at a condominium within Muang Thong Thani complex in Nonthaburi, PPTV36 said this evening (Jan.21). This operation to dismantle the romance scam base followed an unnamed Thai woman’s complaint to
Read moreThai hacker and online gambling suspect arrested at airport
A THAI national wanted on charges of hacking 16 government agency websites and linking them to online gambling platforms plus money laundering was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport this afternoon (Jan. 17) upon returning from Cambodia, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Jesada (surname withheld), who is wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court
Read moreAnother People’s candidate nabbed on money-laundering charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER PEOPLE’S candidate contesting the Feb.8 election in Tak has been arrested for alleged involvement in money-laundering activity. Ratchapong Soisuwan, the ex-People’s MP who is seeking re-election in Constituency 2 of the northwestern border province, was yesterday (Jan.14) arrested in Bangkok by the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police on charges
Read moreAlleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrested and extradited to China, Cambodia says
By Agencies and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, accused of running internet scam centres that use trafficked workers in Cambodia, has been arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said on Wednesday (Jan. 7). Cambodian authorities “have arrested three Chinese nationals namely Chen Zhi, Xu Ji Liang,
Read moreRoad rage murder suspect nabbed at Koh Chang
POLICE chasing a suspect in the road rage murder on the expressway near Prachachuen toll booth before dawn yesterday (Dec. 23) arrested him at a homestay on Koh Chang, Trat province, this evening just as he was preparing to cross the border to Cambodia by boat, PPTVHD36 and Amarin TV said. Mr. Songkran Phanphu,
Read moreThai scam gang chief arrested after fleeing border fighting
A THAI man who headed a gang of Thai scammers working at a Chinese-owned fraud factory in Cambodia was arrested after he fled the ongoing battle at the Thai-Cambodian border to his hometown in Nan province, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 19). Mr. Pornthep (surname withheld), 36, was wanted under an arrest
Read moreChinese scam boss wanted by Interpol nabbed at airport
ARRESTED at Suvarnabhumi Airport last evening (Dec. 16) was a Chinese scam boss wanted under an Interpol Red Notice for defrauding over 500 Chinese victims out of over 200 million yuan (around 1 billion baht) just as he was trying to flee the country with a Mexican passport, Amarin TV said. The arrest was
Read morePopular actress nabbed on charges of defrauding 17 people
FAMOUS actress Rybena Intachai, aka Nana Rybena, was arrested today (Dec. 3) on charges of defrauding 17 close friends, acquaintances, and parents of students studying at international schools out of a total of 195 million baht, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Thatsaphum Jaruprat, commander of the Economic Crime Suppression Division,
Read moreKey Singaporean scammer arrested in Khon Kaen
THAI police arrested a Singaporean man wanted under both an Interpol Red Notice and Singaporean police warrant on scamming charges hiding at his Thai wife’s house in Khon Kaen, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov.19). Pol. Maj. Gen. Athip Phongsiwapai, deputy commissioner of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), and his team nabbed Mr.Sie Eng Fa,
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