A GRUESOME theft occurred at a Chonburi cemetery with grave robbers stealing 12 skulls of homeless dead buried there with this being the second time some skulls have been stolen, Thai Rath newspaper said late last evening (Oct. 22). At 6 p.m. yesterday Pol. Capt. Thawatchai Laphan, deputy investigation officer at Phanat Nikhom police
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Heavy traffic jam as crowds flock to see another cute baby pygmy hippo
NO less cute than world-famous baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi is Moo Duang at Khon Kaen Zoo with there being a seven-kilometre-long traffic jam on Mitraphab road as tourists flocked to see this little one’s playful antics today (Oct. 13), Amarin TV said. With today being His
Read moreSwimmer lost for seven hours rescued off Bang Saray beach
A RUSSIAN woman who got lost after going for a swim from Na Jomtien beach yesterday morning (Sep. 25) was rescued by a fisherman seven hours later, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening. At 4.30 p.m. the owner of a squid fishing boat, Tai Jum, contacted Mr. Suphot Chomdokmai, 40, to come in his
Read moreRussian man nabbed with fake euros in Chonburi
A RUSSIAN man overstaying in Thailand was arrested today (Aug. 27) after police found some fake euro notes in his possession at a hotel in Chonburi, Naewna newspaper said. Police tracked down the Russian man, Mr. A (pseudonym), 29, after a Thai man went to a currency exchange booth and tried to exchange 500
Read moreScores rounded up for drug use in raid on new Chonburi pub
ROUNDED UP in a raid on the newly-opened NASA pub in Chonburi at 1 a.m. today (June 15) were 157 revellers found to have taken drugs while lots of sachets containing narcotics had been discarded on the floor, Amarin TV said. A Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) team of officials together with local and
Read moreSquirrel to blame for cables catching fire in Chonburi
A BUNCH of electrical and communication cables caught fire in an alley within Saha Group Industrial Park in Sri Racha district, Chonburi, today (May 12) with a video clip taken by a resident showing that it was a squirrel that sparked the blaze, Naewna newspaper said. The video clip of the fire racing along
Read moreAmmonia leak at ice factory sends scores to hospital
OVER a hundred people were hospitalised in Chonburi last night (Apr. 17) after ammonia leaked at an ice factory with people living within a kilometre radius of the plant told to evacuate, Amarin TV said this morning. At 11.30 p.m. a disaster relief/rescue team took technicians wearing self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) kits into Bang
Read moreChonburi paper warehouse fire still raging, 1-2 days more to extinguish it
AFTER MORE than 10 hours passed since a fire broke out at a warehouse of a paper factory in Chonburi in the early hours of the morning (Apr. 6) officials said it will take another one to two days to extinguish it, TV Channel 7 said. At 3.30 a.m. Pol. Maj. Wirat Trakulthai, an
Read moreThai, Chinese gangs in scary road chase
TWO GANGS, one Thai and the other Chinese, tried to smash each other’s vehicles on Chonburi roads last night (Mar. 26) after a big row broke out over a Thai woman, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Eyewitnesses at the scene said the road rage chase stemmed from jealousy over a
Read moreMan-made fires in Chonburi wildlife sanctuary yet to be put out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MAN-MADE FIRES which have occurred since the last several days in a wildlife sanctuary in Chonburi are yet to be extinguished by the authorities. National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation Department director-general Atthapol Charoenchansa said today (Jan. 15) a few suspected wildlife hunters had allegedly torched the woods in Khao
Read moreSmall plane crashes in Chonburi, foreigner dead
A SMALL airplane crashed in Chonburi this morning (Jan. 13) with one unidentified foreigner having died and another person injured, Matichon newspaper said. The light aircraft crashed near Huai Yai temple, Huai Yai subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi province. A police team from Huai Yai station quickly rushed there and found that of the
Read moreDistraught foreigner in multi-vehicle crash in Chonburi
A DISTRAUGHT foreign man who drove his sedan into a shop at Mueang Chonburi district, after trying to stop the traffic there drove off and hit three vehicles and a motorcycle injuring several people including himself who was rescued after his car overturned, Amarin TV said today (Sep. 8). The unidentified foreigner had taken
Read moreBritish man badly bashed up after chatting up a girl
A BRITISH man was severely bashed up by two Thai youths in Chonburi province at dawn today (Sep. 3) after he chatted up a girl in a shop there, Amarin TV said. The unidentified British man ended up with a swollen head, a broken nose and three teeth knocked out. He is now under
Read moreMurder suspects taken to court, face visa revocation
THE three German suspects in the murder of a German businessman in Chonburi last week were this morning (July 13) taken to Pattaya Provincial Court to apply for initial 12-day detention, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Vachirawit Wisutsereephan and 10 other policemen took Mrs. Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Mr. Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann,
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 morePolice moving to arrest 3 foreigners in brutal murder of German businessman
POLICE are gearing up to ask Pattaya Provincial Court to issue arrest warrants for two Germans and a Pakistani in the brutal murder of a German real estate businessman who disappeared in Chonburi last week and whose dismembered body was found in a freezer placed at a house in this same province last night,
Read moreBig cash transfer a new clue to missing German businessman
INVESTIGATION of the mysterious disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi last week made some headway with an unusual transfer of over 2 million baht discovered while three foreigners were questioned, one of them a woman, as were his Thai wife and children, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapes said today (July 10). Mr. Hans-Peter
Read moreMissing German businessman’s sedan found abandoned at a condo
PROGRESS has been made over the disappearance of a German businessman in Chonburi since last Tuesday (July 4) with his family having offered 3 million baht to anyone who finds him and 100,000 baht for the recovery of his Mercedes Benz sedan with the latter spotted a condo in this same province today (July
Read moreNavy officer in shootout while helping woman being attacked
A THAI NAVY officer shot a man in self defence after moving in to help his former girlfriend just as he was attacking her upon being shot at first with the latter later dying at a hospital, Naewna newspaper said today (July 1}. The shootout occurred in Samaesan subdistrict, Sattahip district, Chonburi province, at
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