By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by US authorities in Texas on Thursday (July 25), the US Justice Department said. A leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel for
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Popular Russian DJ arrested on Koh Phangan for injuring motorcyclist in traffic accident
A WELL-KNOWN Russian DJ was arrested on Koh Phangan yesterday (July 5) on charges of seriously injuring a motorcyclist in a traffic accident on Koh Samui last year, Naewna newspaper said this morning. Pol. Gen. Saksira Phuek-am, chief of Tourist Police Bureau, ordered his team on Koh Phangan to arrested Mr. Vigen Atoyan, 36,
Read moreMilitary flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt fails, general taken into custody
By AP and published by Yahoo!News La Paz, Bolivia – Armoured vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace on Wednesday (June 26) in an apparent coup attempt, but President Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down. Soon the soldiers pulled back, along
Read more4 Hong Kongers caught with 14kg heroin at Suvarnabhumi Airport
ACTING on a tip-off, police arrested four Hong Kongers just as they were loading a suitcase packed with 14 kilogrammes of heroin at Suvarnabhumi Airport last evening (June 23), Naewna newspaper said this evening. Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanurat Lakboon, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, and Mr. Purin Meganan, director at
Read moreOver 1,700 held for betting on Euro 2024 football matches
WITH the European Football Championship now in full swing, police are going all out to suppress gambling on the outcome of matches with more than 1,700 punters arrested over seven days, Naewna newspaper said this evening (June 21). Pol. Lt. Gen. Akradej Pimolsri, assistant national police chief, said continuous action is being taken to
Read more2 Ugandan women charged with stealing from Canadian man in Pattaya
ACTING on a complaint by a Canadian tourist that two Ugandan women had stolen almost 100,000 baht from his hotel room safe after he had invited them over, police arrested them last night (June 17) but they denied the charge, TV Channel 7 said this morning. Policemen from Bang Lamung station and Immigration Division
Read moreNigerian held for using ‘influence’ to get free food, room on Koh Phangan
AN OVERSTAYING Nigerian man was arrested on Koh Phangan after residents complained that he was going around asking for free food and accommodation by claiming to be an influential person in his homeland, Naewna newspaper said this morning (June 1). At 7 p.m. last night Pol. Lt. Col. Vinij Bunchit, from Tourist Police Division
Read moreEscaped Thai convict arrested in Bali where he pretended to be dumb
A THAI convict on the run since last October who managed to dodge weeks-long search for him in the jungles of Banthad mountains in Trang province has been arrested in Bali, Indonesia, where he was found holding a fake Indonesian passport and pretending to be dumb because he could not speak the language, Amarin
Read morePattaya police fire gunshots in chasing drug dealer
POLICE fired gunshots at Na Jomtien beach in Pattaya yesterday afternoon (May 23) as they chased an armed drug trafficker they were trying to nab in a sting operation with the suspect injured in the leg, TV Channel 7 said. At 2.20 p.m. Pol. Col. Navin Therawit, head of Pattaya City police station, was
Read moreSecond Korean suspect in barrel murder of countryman arrested in Cambodia
CAMBODIAN authorities have arrested the second suspect in the murder of a countryman in Chonburi with his body with all 10 fingers cut off being found in a 200-litre barrel filled with cement and dumped in a reservoir, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 14). The body of the victim was confirmed to be
Read moreModel arrested on forex scam charges
A THAI model who used his good looks and luxurious lifestyle living in a swanky condo to create a well-off and trustworthy profile tricked many people into investing in his forex scam with losses reaching over 10 million baht, Amarin TV said today (May 10). Sgt. Phithat, a 59-year-old inspector, led a police team
Read moreIndians rounded up for running illegal sawmill in Phichit
THREE INDIANS were arrested today (Apr. 27) after police raided their illegal sawmill in lower northern Phichit province where wood was being processed for export, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Natural Resources and Environmental Crime police got a warrant to search the sawmill and showed up together with Pho Thale district officials after
Read moreLadyboy arrested for throwing glass bottle at tourist in Pattaya
A THAI transgender was arrested in Pattaya this afternoon (Apr. 20) after riding past a beer bar and throwing a glass bottle at a foreign tourist leading to his lips being cut and startling other tourists in the vicinity, TV Channel 7 said this evening. At 2 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Piyapong Ensarn, head
Read moreFrench woman arrested on attempted kidnap, robbery charges
A FRENCH woman was arrested at a hotel in Silom area on the charges of heading a gang that had hatched a plan to kidnap the daughter of a high-society family for 200 million baht ransom, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 19). At 10 p.m. last night Metropolitan Police arrested Ms.Sandra Christina Marie Diersten,
Read moreAxe-wielding foreigner arrested for overstaying over 500 days
A FOREIGN man was arrested for overstaying over 500 days after his neighbours in Phuket’s Chalong subdistrict complained that he has often wielded an axe and a knife in rampaging through the area, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 5). Chalong police went to the unidentified German man’s house and found that the complaint held
Read moreForeigner arrested on illegal land trading charges
A FOREIGN MAN on the run after being slapped with charges of illegal land trade in Phuket and Surat Thani has been arrested in Pattaya, Naewna newspaper said last night (Mar. 15). The wanted foreigner, only identified as Mr. David, 58, from the USA, was taken into custody in front of Jomtien Hospital in
Read more2 Russians nabbed for working at an illegal beauty clinic on Koh Samui
KOH Samui police arrested two Russians after they were caught red-handed working at an illegal beauty clinic operated from a hotel room with their clients including both Thais and foreigners, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 13). Surat Thani Immigration police launched an investigation after hearing that foreigners were illegally running a beauty clinic in
Read moreStreet racers rounded up on Vibhavadi Rangsit road, motorbikes seized
ACTING ON complaints from people living in Lak Si area that they were being disturbed by street racers zoom up and down Vibhavadi Rangsit road all night, police rounded seven suspects with one of them being the sponsor of the race who had come in a pick-up truck, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar.
Read moreLawyers centre harassed, threatened after applying to bail out Tawan, Frank
THAI Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said they had been harassed and threatened for the second day in a row today (Feb. 15) after having filed a request to bail out two activists arrested for honking their car horn at a royal motorcade and arguing with policemen on Feb. 4, Matichon newspaper said late
Read moreTawan carried to police van after being arrested with Frank
DIN DAENG police had to carry Ms. Tantawan Tuatulanond, or Tawan, to a police vehicle in transferring her and her colleague, Mr. Natthanon Chaimahabud, or Frank, to Chalong Krung police station last night (Feb. 13) after being earlier arrested for honking their car horn at a royal motorcade and arguing with policemen on Feb.
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