PHUKET Immigration police are expediting deportation of a foreign couple after they were filmed engaging in sexual activity on a tuk-tuk in Patong area with this triggering widespread criticism on social media, Amarin TV said tonight (May 5). This action was taken against the couple, identified as Mr. Ruben (surname withheld), 42, a Spanish
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Police probing murder of senior Narathiwat official, girlfriend
POLICE in far southern Narathiwat province are investigating the ambush and slaying of Chanae district deputy chief and his girlfriend at around 1 a.m. this morning (April 1) focusing on whether this arose from national security or a personal issue, Amarin TV said. AT 9.30 a.m. this morning a team from Narathiwat’s Explosive Ordnance
Read moreFilipino couple wanted for investment fraud nabbed in Thailand
A FILIPINO couple wanted under as many as 150 arrest warrants for investment fraud were rounded up in Thailand at the request of the Philippines embassy, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanumas Boonnalak, head of Immigration Police, and his team said at a press conference that there was also an Interpol red notice
Read moreSocial media storm over couple quarreling in vehicle
AFTER a hair-raising video clip showing a woman opening the door of a moving pickup truck and trying to jump out went viral on social media police moved it to intercept the vehicle and it turned out it was a foreign husband and his Thai wife quarreling with the former not point a pistol
Read moreRussian woman swept into the sea from Koh Samui
A RUSSIAN couple who ignored warnings to not go down from a viewpoint at Koh Samui were swept into the sea by three- to four-metre high waves this afternoon (Nov. 29) with the woman having drowned while the man is missing, MNG Online and TV Channel 7 said. The Russian woman, later identified Ms.
Read moreForeign couple die in fall from Bangna condo
A FILIPINO MAN and his Chinese wife, both language teachers, fell to their death from a high-rise condo in Bangna last evening (Aug. 26) and died on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 5 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Suthep Suphot at Bangna station was informed of a couple having plunged to their death
Read moreKorean couple commit suicide in Phuket after business failure
A KOREAN couple who ran a cosmetics and beauty products store in Phuket’s Karon subdistrict were today (July 12) found hanged at their shophouse in what police believe was a suicide after their business collapsed, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Ekasak Kwanwan, an inspector at Karon police station, rushed to the three-story shophouse
Read moreMotorbike-riding foreign couple fall into Chiang Mai road hole
A FOREIGN COUPLE holidaying in Chiang Mai got injured after the front wheel of their motorcycle got stuck in a hole dug in a Chiang Mai road to put electrical wires underground causing them to somersault down, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 24). The unidentified couple from Hungary were riding along a road around
Read moreCouple’s bodies found in container shipped from Philippines
MYSTERIOUS decomposing dead bodies of a man and a woman were found in a shipping container at a depot in the Lat Krabang area early this morning (Oct. 2) with this batch of containers having been sent to Thailand from the Philippines, Sanook.com said. Preliminary inspection shows that these containers were all empty with
Read moreCouple given life in jail for torturing toddler to death, seriously injuring his sister
A WOMAN and her new husband who had tortured one toddler to death and seriously injured the other were given life in jail today (Aug. 30), Amarin TV said. The small boy, Phi Phi, was just two years and one month old when he died on May 26, 2022, after being severely tortured while
Read moreCouple narrowly escape collapse of overpass bridge
A THAI couple narrowly escaped death when an under-construction overpass bridge on Luang Phaeng road, Lad Krabang district, collapsed at 6 p.m. yesterday killing two workers and injuring seven others after their pickup truck suddenly stalled moments before large chunks of concrete fell right in front with a metal beam landing on the roof,
Read moreThai couple shocked at losing camera gear while holidaying in Swiss town
A THAI couple who run a travel Facebook page with a large number of followers said today (June 11) they were shocked that during a recent holiday in the Swiss town of Grindelwald a thief broke into their rented residence at night and stole valuable camera gear with this town have no surveillance cameras
Read moreBruised young man hit with big palimony claim by married lover
A YOUNG MAN who is still studying and tried to break up with an older married woman with whom he had an affair was hit with a 400,000 baht palimony claim, Matichon said this evening (Nov. 3). Mr. A (pseudonym), 24, went to Bangkok Noi police station today to clarify that he did not
Read moreSuspect held in extortion of cryptocurrencies from Russian couple
THAI police arrested one of six foreigners wanted in the extortion of cryptocurrencies worth US$50,000 (approximately 1.878 million baht) from a Russian couple at a coffee shop on Koh Samui earlier this month, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Sept. 28). Pol. Lt. Gen. Amphol Buarabporn, commander of Provincial Police Region 8, had ordered quick
Read moreForeign gang extorts cryptocurrencies from Russian couple
A RUSSIAN couple filed a complaint at Koh Samui police station that a gang of six foreign men threatened them at a coffee shop on the island and forced them to transfer cryptocurrencies totalling US$50,000 (1.878 million baht) in the middle of this month, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Sept. 27). The couple, Mr.
Read moreMan kills girlfriend, himself after wedding talks fails
A YEAR-LONG relationship between a 62-year-old-man and his 39-year-old girlfriend ended in tragedy during a discussion about a betrothal ceremony with the man shooting her to death then himself, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Sept. 10). Pol.Lt. Col. Pongphan Khiaosai, duty officer at Kut Rang police station, Maha Sarakham province, rushed to a cassava
Read moreJealous young man shoots girlfriend at petrol pump restroom
PHANG NGA police are hunting for a young man who shot and seriously wounded his girlfriend and also injured her friend at a petrol pump restroom late last night after a recent move to break up, INN News said today (August 20). Pol. Lt. Col. Dusit Phongphan, investigating officer at Mueang Phang Nga police
Read moreThai police help arrest couple in 821m baht luxury goods scam
By The Straits Times Singapore – The couple allegedly involved in a luxury goods scam, involving undelivered items worth S$32 million (approximately 821 million baht), have been arrested in Malaysia and are back in Singapore with the Thai police having tipped off their counterparts in Singapore The Singapore Police Force said Pi Jiapeng, 26, and
Read moreMurdered couple identified as Nigerian man, Vietnamese woman
IN A major progress of a murder case where a couple was found buried naked at a community forest in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province last week police today (August 4) said they have identified them as a Nigerian man and a Vietnamese woman, Sanook.com said. Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchart Teerasawat together with
Read moreDeputy police chief: Murdered man a foreigner, woman Thai
DEPUTY NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchart Teerasawat flew to Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) this morning (July 30) to personally check the investigation of the murder of a couple found buried in a community forest and after a meeting confirmed the man was a foreigner and the woman a Thai, Naewna newspaper said. A villager picking
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