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
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Murdered 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 moreMonkeypox escapee held in Phnom Penh, declared persona non grata
CAMBODIA confirmed that a Nigerian man infected with Monkeypox who had escaped medical treatment in Thailand was arrested last night (July 23) and he is now under the care of a medical team at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, Sanook.com said today. The head of Phnom Penh’s Chamkamon district Mr. Thein Sothom announced the arrest of the
Read moreMonkeypox escapee has likely fled to Cambodia
POLICE tracked the Nigerian man infected with Monkeypox and is Thailand’s first such case to the Thai-Cambodian border with his mobile phone signal having been picked up at Sa Kaeo province bordering Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, the head of the Public Health Ministry’s Disease
Read morePhuket chasing Monkeypox-infected Nigerian man after he escaped
PHUKET is rushing to track down a Nigerian man who is the country’s first Monkeypox case as he did not return to the hospital for treatment, switched off his mobile phone and moved out of a condo and hotel he was staying in as police closed in on him, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry’s
Read moreNigerian man, Thai woman nabbed while mailing drug parcel to Australia
A NIGERIAN man and a Thai woman were arrested while sending a parcel holding a spindle photo frame to Australia within which was hidden 490 grammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) yesterday (August 13), Siam Rath newspaper said today. The Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) arrested the two suspects, Ms. Marisa Noipitak and Mr. Obimma
Read moreNigerian romance scammers arrested in Phuket
POLICE at Phuket’s popular Patong beach arrested two Nigerian men on the charges of fleecing several women who they had ensnared with their romance trap and also overstaying in this country, Khaosod newspaper reported today (Sept. 13, 2020). The two men, aged 21 and 19, were arrested in their hotel room at this beach after
Read moreNigerian, Myanmar romance scammers nabbed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOUR NIGERIAN males and a Myanmar male were arrested today on online romance scamming charges in Hua Hin, police said. The police who acted on tip-offs to the faux romance scams arrested the Nigerian and Myanmar nationals who had allegedly preyed on Thai females, seeking to develop intimate relationships with well-to-do
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