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
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Actor quizzed over fake vehicle registration scam
POPULAR Thai-German actor Mario Maurer was questioned by cyber crime police over a fake classic and vintage vehicle registration scam but it is initially believed that he did not deliberately buy one with a fake vehicle registration booklet attached, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 9). After the questioning Mario briefly told the press that
Read moreTwo fake doctors nabbed in raid of bogus clinics
TWO fake doctors were caught while treating patients at their respective unlicenced clinics with one being in Bangkok and the other Pathum Thani, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Mar. 19). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anan Nanasombat, head of Consumer Protection Police, and Pol. Col. Suphot Phumyam, head of Consumer Protection Police Division 4, led a
Read moreSale of fake banknotes online rocks social media
AN ANNOUNCEMENT of the sale of counterfeit banknotes on a Facebook page shook up Thai social media with many netizens wondering whether those in their wallet are real or not, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 10). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor webpage, drew attention to this
Read moreBogus cigarettes seized in raid on three shops
ACTING on a tip-off from the Tobacco Authority of Thailand that there are shops selling counterfeit Thai and foreign cigarettes in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat city police raided three of them and arrested an equal number of suspects, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 5). Police said these three shops selling fake
Read morePopular website says fake medical certificates offered for sale
THE widely-followed website Panda Lab Doctor highlighted the sale of fake medical certificates by a Twitter account holder with samples and customer reviews also posted, Sanook.com said this morning (August 31). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor website, said he was stunned by this scam and asked,
Read moreFake designer goods worth 50m baht seized
UPTO 70,000 knock-off designer products worth 50 million baht were seized in raids on 15 warehouses in Nakhon Nayok province by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday, Amarin TV said today (August 20). Mounting the raids on the 15 warehouses at Rong Kluea market in Ban Yai subdistrict, Mueang district, was Pol. Lt. Col.
Read moreThree suspects arrested in food fraud raid
POLICE arrested three suspects on trademark counterfeiting charges in a raid on a single-storey house in Pathum Thani province where unbranded monosodium glutamate (MSG) food additive was found falsely-labelled under a well-known brand, Sanook.com said yesterday (July 27). Altogether 54,445 items separated into 21 categories were seized during the raid and aside from the
Read moreHunt on for drug runners disguised as ambulance crew
POLICE are chasing drug traffickers disguised as ambulance paramedics who fled to Bangkok in their fake ambulance after a shootout in Saraburi province earlier today (June 5), Sanook.com said. Found after an inter-provincial road chase was the fake ambulance, carrying a Bangkok licence plate with no plate at the rear, abandoned in Soi Suwinthawong
Read moreFake doctor nabbed while hiding at a Pattaya hotel
A WOMAN who assumed the identity of a real doctor who is currently overseas to get a job at a cosmetic clinic in Bangkok owned by a popular YouTuber was arrested today (Dec.19) while hiding at a hotel in Pattaya, Siam Rath newspaper said. Central Investigation Bureau Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Jirapob Phuridet together with
Read moreFake cops nabbed for extorting money from drug victims
A GANG of five policemen were arrested in southern Pattani province on the charges of intimidating and extorting money and assets from drug addicts and the family of those arrested on drug charges, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Sept. 20). At 3 a.m. this morning Pol. Col. Mustapha Mani, superintendent of Yaring police station,
Read moreCovid fake news leads to stressed out man killing himself
A 76-year-old man shot himself dead at his house in Thonburi district early this morning (June 10) after getting stressed out over stopping his blood pressure and diabetes medication to prepare for a Covid-19 jab upon getting fake news that this is what he had to do, Siam Rath newspaper said. After being alerted Pol.
Read morePM slams media for playing up fake vaccination allegations
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha criticised the media for play up social media comments that the jab he received yesterday (March 16) might just be water or saline solution and not the AstraZeneca vaccine, pointing out that he was ready for a vaccination anytime at all with this depending on doctors’ advise, Voice TV and Sanook.com
Read moreLadies lie in bedroom ?
Many women admit to faking orgasms, but the most common lie told in the bedroom is actually ruining your sex life, says Nadia Bokody. Women are terrific actors. I know this because each time I write about fake orgasms, my inbox is inundated by men insisting they’re outliers. That, somehow, they’ve managed to evade the
Read moreChina refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image
By BBC CHINA has accused Australia of trying to “deflect public attention” from alleged war crimes by its soldiers in Afghanistan after Canberra expressed outrage over a “repugnant” tweet. Australia has demanded an apology for sharing the fake image of an Australian soldier killing an Afghan child. Beijing has now said that Australia was trying
Read moreFake cop nabbed for swindling people via Line app
A YOUNG man was arrested today (June 16) for pretending to be the Commander of Crime Suppression Division (CSD) to defraud the public by claiming he would speed up cases, INN News reported this afternoon. Pol Col Montri Thetkhan, CSD’s deputy commander, said division commander Pol Maj Gen Jiraphop Phuridet had filed complaints against the
Read moreBig haul of fake designer handbags seized
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF FAKE handbags bearing world-famous brands were seized today (June 4) at a border market in Sa Kaeo province. Customs officials and police raided a shophouse in Rong Klua market in Aranyaprathet district across the border from Poi Pet township in Cambodia and seized 1,675 fake handbags with world-renowned brands
Read more255 foreigners being probed for holding fake Thai ID cards
UPON being alerted by Chinese immigration officials, the Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) mounted a search in Chiang Rai for foreigners who had illegally assumed Thai identity and started companies here and netted 255 suspects, INN News reported today (26.5.2020). The police action arose after Chinese immigration officials found out that Mr Kaew Saelee
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