PRIME Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Nov. 6) ordered a thorough review of foundations nationwide following the arrest of former Miss Thailand and actress Ms. Panadda Wongphudee, aka Boom, and her husband, Mr. Athip Anantawan, aka Got, on charges of misusing donations to Ongkorn Tham Dee (Doing Good) Foundation, Naewna newspaper said. Any foundation
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India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest
By Reuters and published by CNA NEW DELHI: Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the “Cockroach” youth movement in Delhi on Saturday (Oct. 10) as security forces locked down parts of the capital to thwart a rally demanding the resignation of India’s election chief. Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were
Read moreForeign cocaine trafficking gang busted at Koh Phangan
A CRACKDOWN on a foreign cocaine trafficking ring on Koh Phangan led to the arrest of a Canadian man, a Nigerian man and his Thai wife over the last couple of days, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 28). Upon being ordered Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Puek-am, commander of Tourist Police, to intensify investigation of foreigners
Read moreIndia says Delhi blast was ‘terror incident’, sources cite possible link with Kashmir arrests
By Reuters and published by CNA New Delhi – India’s government confirmed on Wednesday (Nov. 12) that it was treating a car blast that killed 12 people and wounded at least 20 others in Delhi as a “terror incident” and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice as swiftly as possible. In a resolution
Read moreMalaysian man held for driving car loaded with Ketamine back home
A MALAYSIAN man was arrested at a checkpoint in Chumphon province after 75kg of Ketamine worth over 70 million baht was found hidden in the trunk of the car he was driving but the suspect claims he was just hired to drive the vehicle back home and did not know this drug was hidden
Read more2 more held in extorting cash from Chinese visitors
POLICE have arrested two more suspects on charges of extorting US$65,000, or approximately 2.5 million baht, from five Chinese nationals who were rounded up from their hotel rooms in Din Daeng district with the help of two corrupt policemen and so far seven out of 10 gang members have been apprehended, Thai Rath and
Read more‘Big Joke’: Village headman won’t get off the hook
Updated DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, said after meeting Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today (Sep. 10) that a former village headman arrested over the murder of a policeman at party in his house will not walk free as there is strong evidence against him with the surveillance
Read moreThird suspect in murder of German businessman nabbed in Kanchanaburi
THE THIRD suspect in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week was arrested this afternoon (July 12) in Kanchanaburi while trying to flee across the border to Myanmar, Naewna newspaper said. Police arrested Mr. Shahrukh Kareem Uddin, 27, a Pakistani holding Thai nationality, while travelling in a taxi to
Read morePolice zero in on ‘Outlaw’ gang after nabbing murder suspects
WITH the arrest of two out of three suspects in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said his team is now targeting a mafia gang going by the name “Outlaw” with one of the suspects allegedly being a key
Read moreTwo Germans arrested in murder of businessman
TWO Germans wanted in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week have been arrested with the third suspect, a Pakistani who holds Thai nationality, still being hunted, Matichon newspaper quoted police as saying late this evening (July 11). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big
Read moreSongkhla news editor among 3 nabbed for drugs
A NEWS EDITOR of a local newspaper in southern Songkhla province was among three suspects arrested on drug charges today (Jan. 6), Naewna newspaper said. A team of Border Patrol Police, 44th Ranger Forces Regiment and 5th Infantry Division led by Mr. Phongsathorn Thammachat, director of the Office of Narcotics Control Board in Songkhla,
Read morePoliceman, official caught selling information to call centre gang
A POLICEMAN and a government official have been caught selling information about Thai citizens to a call centre gang and were paid 20,000 baht a day or 600,000 baht a month, Matichon newspaper said today (Oct. 28). Deputy National Police chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukvimol said the two suspects were among 16 arrested in
Read moreHusband, nine-month pregnant wife caught with drugs
A YOUNG Thai couple with the woman nine-month pregnant were arrested in Udon Thani province after police found 1,581 methamphetamine pills and 3.4 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) in their possession, Sanook.com said this evening (Sept. 14). Pol. Col. Kan Tangvijit, superintendent of Ban Phue police station, was tipped off that drugs were going
Read moreOver 60m baht assets seized in raids on 4 drug networks
A LARGE-SCALE operation against four major drug networks along the northern border led to the seizure of big amounts of methamphetamine pills, Ketamine and raw opium as well as the impounding of over 60 million baht assets from one of them, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sarayuth Sanguanphokai, chief of Narcotics Suppression Bureau,
Read moreSoldier arrested on drug charges in Chiang Rai
A TEAM of Chaing Rai policemen arrested a soldier after finding 2 million methamphetamine pills hidden in 20 sacks of hay at a house he had rented in this northern province, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 25). The policemen from Provincial Police Region 5, Mueang Chiang Rai and Ban Du police stations raided this
Read moreTwo brothers arrested on drug charges in Bangkok
TWO brothers were arrested on drug charges in Bangkok’s Nong Chok district after 3.3 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 1.5 million methamphetamine pills were seized from their mother’s house, TV Channel 7 said today (Feb. 18). Pol. Lt. Gen. Samran Nuanma, head of Metropolitan Police Bureau, together with other senior police officers told
Read more2m meth pills being smuggled to Bangkok for New Year seized
FIVE men were arrested on the charges of attempting to smuggle over 2 million methamphetamine pills from Nong Khai province to Bangkok for sale during the New Year festivities, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 30). Pol. Maj. Gen. Thammasak Pinthong, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 4, together with other senior officers briefed the press
Read moreTwo held in Australia over alleged plot to import 314kg heroin from Thailand
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police officers arrested two men on Thursday with one being labelled the country’s “most significant organised crime threat” for allegedly planning to import hundreds of kilogrammes of heroin hidden in cans of paint which Thai customs officials seized last July, Amarin TV, Australian Associated Press and Daily Mail said. The two men
Read more2 jobless young men nabbed for growing marijuana at their condo
TWO jobless young university graduates were caught red handed trying to sell marijuana plants they had grown at their condo in Ngamwongwan area to an undercover agent, Sanook.com said today (Nov. 6). A police team at Lam Phak Chi station zeroed in on the two suspects, Mr. Akrat, or Tan, 24, and Mr, Keerati, or
Read moreMotorcycle-riding adolescents nabbed by police at usual anti-Prayut protest site
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL MOTORCYCLE-RIDING male adolescents who had planned to renew an apparently unorganised protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha were unexpectedly rounded up today (Sept. 7) by police at an usual protest site on a busy Bangkok street. The pickup truck-riding policemen scrambled to arrest these motorcyclists known as members of
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