A MAN and a woman from Vietnam were arrested today (Jan. 15) on a charge of pickpocketing a Japanese man at Wat Phra Kaew together with two other accomplices who are still at large and using the stolen credit cards to buy almost 500,000 baht worth of goods, Matichon newspaper said. Deputy chief of
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115 gamblers nabbed, taken to court in a truck
AS MANY AS 115 gamblers were rounded up in a raid on an illegal casino in Nakhon Si Thammarat with a six-wheel truck having to make three trips to take them all to court today (Jan. 12), Amarin TV said. Acting on instruction by Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaised who had received complaints from
Read moreTransnational drug kingpin nabbed and 105m baht assets seized
ARRESTED by the police in their “Devil’s Wing Operation 67/1” is the head of a transnational drug network and his finance chief with 34 assets, including a house, four plots of land, cars, gold jewellery and firearms worth 105 million baht seized, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 4). Deputy National Police Chief Pol.
Read moreIllegal Bangkok bar raided, 100-plus drug users found
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BAR IN BANGKOK was raided in the wee hours today (Dec.10) with 122 bargoers found to have used drugs, police said. A task force of police and administrative officials raided the boisterous bar named Sonic on Pradit Manutham road in Lard Prao district at 2.20 a.m. and managed to
Read moreSuspect nabbed in killing of teacher, freshman
POLICE have arrested one of five suspects wanted in the killing of a teacher and a student on Sunthorn Kosa road, Khlong Toei district, on Nov. 11, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 22). Two youths rode up on a motorcycle then one of them fired shots at Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok Uthen
Read moreOnline loan shark scammers nabbed in Bangkok, nine provinces
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF SUSPECTED loan shark racketeers has been rounded up in Bangkok and nine provinces, police said today (Nov.15). Central Investigation Bureau Commissioner Pol.Lt.Gen. Jirabhop Bhuridej announced a total of 13 suspected online scammers providing illegal loans with skyrocketing interest rates have been separately arrested by the police in
Read moreThree more cyber scammers nabbed in police sweep
FOLLOWING the recent arrest of two fraudsters who sold personal data of millions of people to the dark web, cyber police today (Nov. 6) revealed they had apprehended three more scammers with one of them having written a programme to bypass facial scan and steal large sums of money from the victims’ bank accounts,
Read moreBerserk foreigner stabs three tourists in Chiang Mai
AN AMERICAN man was arrested in the wee hours of this morning (Oct. 12) on the charges of stabbing three tourists in two areas of Chiang Mai city with one of his victims in serious condition, Sanook.com said late afternoon today. Police arrested Mr. Brian Andrew Burggraf, 27, American national, at Jed Yot Plaza
Read moreEx-minister, Pattaya mayor arrested at airport over graft charges
FORMER culture minister and Pattaya mayor Itthipol Khunpluem was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport upon returning from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at 10 a.m. this morning (Oct. 9), as he faces malfeasance charges stemming from approval of a condominium project in Pattaya over a decade ago, Naewna newspaper said. Itthipol, together with Mr.Pichet Uthaiwattananont, Mr. Witthaya
Read moreThree held for selling pistol to teen suspect in mall shooting
TWO MEN were arrested in southern Yala province and one in Bangkok on the charges of selling a modified blank pistol to a 14-year-old boy detained after going on a shooting spree at Siam Paragon mall on Tuesday (Oct. 3) killing two persons and injuring five others, TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 5).
Read moreSuspect in a string of southern bombings arrested
POLICE IN Narathiwat arrested a suspect for whom 13 arrest warrants have been issued for a string of bombings in the three southern provinces yesterday afternoon (Sep. 17), Naewna newspaper said today. Col. Kiattisak Neewong, a spokesman for Internal Security Operations Command Region 4, Forward Division, said a police team who had set up
Read moreParty leader to ask whether a stand-in was arrested in policeman’s murder
AS A LOT of people are questioning whether the real former village headman or a stand-in has been arrested in the murder of a policeman at his house earlier this month the leader of Thai Civilized Party will now submit a letter to Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong to again verify the suspect’s identify, Amarin
Read moreTurkish fitness trainer nabbed on charges of defrauding rich Thai women
A TURKISH fitness trainer was arrested in Lat Phrao area this afternoon (Sep. 4) on charges of defrauding rich Thai women with losses amounting to millions of baht, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Phutthidej Boonkrapue, commander of the Economic Crime Suppression Division, sent Pol. Col. Teerapas Yungyuen and Pol. Maj. Worapoj Lalitjirakul to
Read more13 fake pharmacists held in raid on drugstores
IN A raid on 14 pharmacies across Bangkok 13 unlicensed pharmacists were arrested on charges of selling cough syrup to teenagers that at very high doses can mimic the effects of illegal drugs ketamine, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 15). The Consumer Protection Police Division and Food and Drug Administration had from July
Read more53 Myanmar migrants found hiding in a vegetable truck
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen were stunned to discover there were 53 Myanmar migrant workers hiding in a vegetable truck heading from Mae Sot border point to Bangkok, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 4). Acting on a tip-off that this six-wheel truck will be carrying illegal migrants further inland, soldiers from Rachamanu Task
Read moreWanted South Korean man nabbed for overstaying
IMMIGRATION police arrested a South Korean man in Chonburi today (June 19) for overstaying his visa for 1,582 days after which they found out he is also wanted in South Korea on online gambling charges, Naewna newspaper said. A team of immigration police spotted Mr. Kim (pseudonym), 35, in Bang Lamung district and asked
Read moreIndian smuggler nabbed at airport with cowhide, boar tusks
AN Indian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport today (June 13) after customs officials found 60 kilogrammes of cowhide and 140 kilogrammes of boar tusks in six suitcases he had brought to the country, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Somchuan Rattanamangkhalanon, head of Livestock Development Department, said he was informed that livestock and customs
Read moreDeported Nigerian who sneaked back to Thailand nabbed in Phuket
A NIGERIAN man who had been deported upon being arrested on a cocaine possession charge was arrested in Phuket today (May 10) after sneaking back into the country through natural channels, Thai Rath newspaper said. A Phuket Immigration and Chalong police station team arrested Mr. Harrison Shinonzo Onyema, 40, for illegal entry. Found in
Read moreForeigner held for working without permit during Full Moon party
ACTING on complaints that foreigners were taking up jobs traditionally reserved for Thais on Koh Phangan, police and local officials launched an investigation during the Full Moon party on Thursday May 4, 2023 and arrested a Ukrainian man working without a permit, Naewna newspaper said today (May 6). A team of Surat Thani Immigration
Read morePolice raid Indian casino at Pattaya hotel amid claims of a big bribe being paid
SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol.
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