A DRIVER of a Bangkok-registered van filled with illegal migrants zoomed off after a highway police team signalled to stop for a search leading to a wild chase that ended up with the van slamming into a duck coop killing 120 of these birds, Amarin TV said this evening (Sep. 15). The police team
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Thai owner shocked: Indian businessman illegally occupied adjoining buildings in Pattaya
THE THAI owner of two adjoining commercial buildings in Pattaya which he only came to inspect after five years yesterday (June 7) was shocked at discovering that an Indian businessman had trespassed and illegally turned the ground floor into a dance club with the the rooms above rented out, Naewna newspaper said this morning.
Read moreMakkasan police station chief transferred after raids on illegal pub, karaoke bar
FOLLOWING raids on a pub and a karaoke bar operating illegally in New Petchburi road area with the latter exclusively for Chinese tourists and some found to have taken drugs Makkasan police station chief and deputy chief were today (June 3) transferred with an investigation launched, Matichon newspaper said. Maj. Gen. Attaporn Wongsiripreeda, commander
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 morePolice raid illegal silicone implant factory supplying to a big clinic
A TEAM of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Consumer Protection police together with Food and Drug Administration officials raided an illegal factory in Suphanburi producing silicone implants for nose and forehead with one of its clients being a well-known beauty clinic in Bangkok with nationwide branches, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). Pol.
Read morePalang Pracharath admits man likely linked to illegal nightclub donated cash
JUSTICE Minister Somsak Thepsuthin admitted today (Oct. 27) that a man rumoured to possibly be linked to an illegal nightclub in Yanawa district raided by police yesterday had donated 3 million baht to Palang Pracharath Party last year, Thai Post newspaper said. Somsak, who is the head of the Palang Pracharath strategic campaign team,
Read moreKrabi local shares video clip of big gambling den
A KRABI RESIDENT secretly filmed a large gambling den in the middle of the town and posted the video clip on his personal Facebook page but later deleted it, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 24). The video clip shows a large number of people, both men and women with young, middle-aged and old people among
Read more95 illegal Myanmar migrants caught sneaking into Thailand
KANCHANABURI police supported by soldiers rounded up 95 illegal migrants from last night to early this morning (Sept. 28) after they had sneaked in from Myanmar and were being taken for jobs in Bangkok, Rayong, Samut Sakhon and within Kanchanaburi itself with each of them having paid 15,000-30,000 baht to the smugglers, Naewna newspaper said
Read moreMan who robbed illegal casino now afraid of being killed
A MAN who robbed an illegal fan-tan casino in Din Daeng area last night (August 24) phoned a popular television programme asking the Justice Ministry for mercy as he is now afraid of being killed, Sanook.com said. Only identified by his nickname Mac Anusawaree, he had called Hone-Krasae programme’s host Noom Kanchai and related that
Read moreForeigner held for catching parrotfish in national park area
A FOREIGN man who posted a video of himself on TikTok after catching endangered parrotfish off Phi Phi Leh island, Krabi province, which is part of Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park has been detained and now faces legal action, Matichon newspaper said this morning (August 16). Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Read morePink pineapple is illegal in Thailand – smugglers face heavy penalty
THE AGRICULTURE and Cooperatives Ministry issued a warning today (June 8) that the import and sale of pink pineapple cultivated by the food company Fresh Del Monte on trial basis in Costa Rica is illegal in Thailand because this is a genetically modified (GMO) crop and the country has a GMO free-policy in place,
Read moreAlmost 200 illegal migrant workers crossed over in one day
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said today (Sept. 29) that as many as 198 illegal migrant workers slipped across the border yesterday and so far 10 people who did so were found to be infected with Covid-19, TV Channel 7 said. Of these 198 illegal aliens 102 came from Myanmar, 43 from Cambodia,
Read moreFake ambulance held with illegal Covid-infected Cambodian workers
A VILLAGE headman in Chanthaburi province helped seize a van disguised as an ambulance that was smuggling 14 illegal Cambodians from the border with five of them later found to be infected with coronavirus, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (July 14). The bogus emergency vehicle had passed several checkpoints before being caught at
Read more500,000 illegal migrants to be registered
Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin expects about 500,000 illegal migrant workers to be registered by the middle of February. The minister said on Tuesday that registration started on Jan 15, and since then 190,000 illegal migrants had applied. The special registration period for illegal Cambodian, Lao and Myanmar migrants is set to continue until Feb 13.
Read moreTwo Chinese capitalists surrender after police smash informal loan gang
TWO of three Chinese capitalists who together with a Cambodian woman operated the application “Rich Money” which charged exorbitant interest rates have surrendered after police raided their office on Rama 3 road, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 21). The Centre for Informal Debt Suppression together with the Central Investigation Bureau police team mounted the
Read moreChinese-funded illegal finance firm raided
AN ILLEGAL online finance company located in the Rama 3 road area was raided by Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Maitri Chimcherd and his team today (Dec. 18) with it being discovered that funds for lending came from Chinese nationals, Siam Rath newspaper reported. In searching the company’s office which did
Read moreVietnamese workers caught after sneaking across from Malaysia
A GROUP of 13 Vietnamese men and women who had sneaked across the border from Malaysia were arrested this afternoon (Dec. 16) at an abandoned house in Narathiwat province, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Upon being alerted by Mr. Narong Awasimae, a village headman in Pase Mat sub-district, Su-ngai Kolok district, that some foreign workers were
Read moreIllegal border crossings still taking place despite tight control
EVEN though no new domestic Covid-19 cases emerged over the past 24 hours people from neighbouring countries continue to sneak across the border with 11 Myanmar nationals arrested at Mae Sot district of Tak province while six Vietnamese were caught just as they crossed over from Cambodia to Sa Kaeo province, Thai Rath newspaper and
Read more4 Thai men, 2 Myanmar women caught sneaking into Mae Sot
SOLDIERS from the 4th Infantry Regiment who are keeping a tight control of the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sot district of Tak province today (Dec. 5) caught four Thai men and two Myanmar women just as they had slipped through the border, Amarin TV reported this evening. While patrolling Tha Sai Luat sub-district of this
Read more16 Thais caught slipping across the border from Myanmar
A TEAM of soldiers, policemen and village guards patrolling the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province caught 16 Thai online casino workers who had illegally come across the border and were hiding in the jungle at 5 a.m. this morning (Nov. 5), Thai Rath newspaper reported. Mr. Sompong Fungthaweewong, Phop Phra district chief, had sent the
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