By AFP – published by The Peninsular Qatar and MNG Online POLICE said today (May 29) they have charged a Canadian man they described as a mercenary with the murder of a Canadian-Indian gangster in the resort island of Phuket. Officers launched an investigation after Jimi “Slice” Sandhu — whose nickname came from a
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Teen girl, 2 youths held for killing Chinese factory owner
POLICE arrested a teenage girl and two youths on the charges of stabbing a Chinese parawood processing factory owner to death at a resort in Trang province after the girl called for help upon being physically assaulted by her sex client, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said today (May 17). The 17-year-old
Read morePolish suspect arrested amid gory accusation by cabbie
A POLISH man whose girlfriend was found dead at a condo on Charoen Rat road yesterday (May 15) was arrested while attempting to cross over to Cambodia last night with a taxi driver accusing the suspect of trying to hire him to help dismember her body for 1,500 baht, Sanook.com said. Pol. Maj. Gen.
Read moreMan held for killing mixed-race youth over drug deal
A MAN who was arrested in the murder of a half Thai and British youth in Lampang province last Sunday (May 7) confessed after lengthy interrogation that he did commit the crime after being double-crossed in a drug deal, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (May 9). Pol. Lt. Gen. Piya Tawichai, commander of
Read morePoliceman’s wife held over cyanide killing, link to 6 more deaths probed
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat said the wife of a deputy superintendent at a Ratchaburi police station has been arrested in the cyanide poisoning death of a young woman during Songkran festival, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 25). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, who is leading
Read moreBroke guard nabbed for stabbing motorcycle taxi rider to death
A BROKE security guard who stabbed a motorcycle taxi rider to death and zoomed off on his bike was arrested while drinking with his friends in Saraburi province, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 23). Bang Kruai police station in Nonthaburi was notified of a man found dead on the road running along Bang
Read morePoliceman who killed relatives, wife and son wants to surrender
RELATIVES of a policeman who killed his father-in-law and two other relatives, his wife and son earlier this month told Surat Thani Governor Wichawut Jinto today (Apr. 16) that he wants to surrender as he does not want to fight fellow policemen, Naewna newspaper said. The relatives also said that he threw his firearms
Read moreBig team of policemen surround reservoir where killer cop is hiding
A LARGE team of a hundred special operations and investigation police surrounded the forest around Ratchaprapha reservoir in Surat Thani after finding out that a policeman who killed his father-in-law, his second wife and brother with his older brother too dying in the ensuring shootout at their home was hiding there, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreWife of cop on the run killed, death toll reaches six
A POLICEMAN on the run after killing his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani with his brother who accompanied him also dying there is believed to have shot dead his wife with his son too found dead in an abandoned sedan taking the death toll to six, Thai Rath
Read moreHunt for policeman who killed his father-in-law, three others in Surat Thani
A BIG HUNT is underway for a policeman who together with his brother shot dead his father-in-law, his second wife, his brother and another relative last evening (Apr. 8) but in the ensuring shootout at their home in Surat Thani the policeman’s brother was killed, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 9). Pol.Snr.Sgt.Maj.Attaporn Wichien,
Read moreMet police rescanning background of Chinese nationals
THE gruesome kidnap-murder of a Chinese music student last week has led to Metropolitan police rescanning the background of Chinese nationals who have come to Thailand and look into pending cases, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 5). Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasin Poolsawat, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police Bureau, said all metropolitan units had
Read more3 Chinese murder suspects arrested, one Thai woman too
THE THREE Chinese men accused in the kidnap-murder of a young Chinese woman studying music in Bangkok and dumping her body at an irrigation canal of a deserted banana plantation in Nonthaburi have been arrested in China while a fourth suspect, a young Thai woman, has been arrested here, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr.
Read moreArrest warrants imminent for 3 Chinese men in kidnap-murder of music student
THAI police are gearing up to put out arrest warrants for three Chinese men suspected to have kidnapped and brutally murdered a young Chinese woman studying music in Bangkok but all three have already flown back to Chengdu, China, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 2). The swollen body of Ms. Jin San,
Read moreMystery woman found dead in a sack in Nonthaburi
A YOUNG Thai woman was found dead in a large sack dumped at an irrigation canal of a deserted banana plantation in Nonthaburi province today (Apr. 1) with police working on identifying her, Matichon newspaper said. At 10 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Anan Panthong, an investigator at Bang Mae Nang police station, was notified
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 moreStressed out banker found stabbed to death
A FINANCIAL adviser of major bank was found stabbed to death in his sedan today (August 27) with police investigating whether it was murder or suicide, Matichon newspaper said. At 11.30 a.m. Bang Kruai police station in Nonthaburi province was alerted that a man was found dead in a car parked at Nakhon In
Read moreEx-park chief, accomplices face premeditated murder charge in Billy’s death
ATTORNEY General Singchai Thaninsorn issued an order based on a dissenting opinion to charge the former head of Kaeng Krachan National Park and three other accomplices with the premeditated murder of Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, or Billy, the Karen leader of Pong Luk Bang Kloy village, Matichon newspaper this afternoon (August 15). Mr. Prayut Petchkun, a deputy
Read moreSuspect in murder of Thai couple in Taiwan surrenders, being quizzed
THE SUSPECT in the murder of a Thai couple in Taiwan with the woman five-month pregnant with twins surrendered to Chiang Mai police and is now being flown to Bangkok on a helicopter for interrogation at the Crime Suppression Division with National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Chaengyodsuk personally doing so from 4 p.m. onwards
Read morePregnant woman’s brother asks police to track down killer
THE OLDER brother of a woman who was five-month pregnant with twins when she was murdered together with her husband in Taiwan travelled to meet Pol. Gen. Weerachon Boonthawee, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 5, to ask for justice and the tracking down of the suspect, Sanook.com said today (June 13). Mr. Yingyot
Read moreThailand asked to help arrest suspect in murder of Thai couple in Taiwan
TAIWAN has asked Thai police to track down a Thai man suspected of having murdered a Thai couple there with the woman also five months pregnant with twins and leaving their bodies in the boot of a BMW sedan and then flying back home, INN News and Sanook.com said today (June 12). According to
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