AN Indian tourist filed a complaint at Pattaya City police station that he had been duped into buying two bottles of a “magic herb” by two Pakistani men at 10,000 baht each with police saying that other tourists too had been similarly scammed, TV Channel 7 said today (Nov. 7). The 34-year-old unidentified tourist
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Foreigner crashes into Pattaya DUI checkpoint, seriously injuring policeman
A FOREIGNER riding a big bike crashed into a driving under influence (DUI) checkpoint in Pattaya in the wee hours of this morning (Nov. 2) hitting and seriously injuring a policeman but then managed to flee into a nearby thicket and while a suspect was finally captured he denies all charges, Naewna newspaper said.
Read moreThais, foreigners flee Pattaya condo fire
NEARLY a hundred Thais and foreign tourists rushed out of a luxury condominium in Pattaya in panic after a fire broke out at 3 a.m. this morning (Nov. 1) with three foreigners and a rescue worker getting injured, Amarin TV said. Upon being alerted of a fire breaking out at a seven-storey condominium in Bang
Read moreTwo Swedish men wanted on fraud charges arrested in Pattaya
TWO SWEDISH men wanted in their home country for allegedly running a call centre gang that scammed over 50 million baht were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Oct. 29). Upon being tipped off that Swedish men who allegedly ran a call centre gang were hiding in Bang Lamung district
Read moreBaby found abandoned on Jomtien beach
A BABY boy was found abandoned on Jomtien Beach in Pattaya at dawn today (Oct. 5) by a beach umbrella operator and is now being well taken care of with police tracking down his parents, Naewna newspaper said. At 6.39 a.m. Mr. Suchart Khunjeng, a Pattaya City councillor, was notified that a baby had
Read moreMoon jellyfish invade Jomtien beach
TOURISTS holidaying in Pattaya were warned today (Sep. 28) that hordes of moon jellyfish have invaded Jomtien beach and they should be careful when swimming in the sea during this period, Amarin TV said. Lots of moon jellies have been found in the seawater near this beach as they habitually show up during late
Read moreSwimmer lost for seven hours rescued off Bang Saray beach
A RUSSIAN woman who got lost after going for a swim from Na Jomtien beach yesterday morning (Sep. 25) was rescued by a fisherman seven hours later, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening. At 4.30 p.m. the owner of a squid fishing boat, Tai Jum, contacted Mr. Suphot Chomdokmai, 40, to come in his
Read moreForeigner high on marijuana steals, crashes cab
A FOREIGN man holidaying in Pattaya and high on marijuana stole a taxi and crashed it into a electricity pole before dawn today (Sep. 12), TV Channel 7 said. At around 4 a.m. Pol. Lt. Phuttarak Sonkhamhan, deputy chief for investigation at Pattaya City police station’s Dongtan sub-station, was alerted that a foreigner had
Read moreForeigner badly injured in suicide attempt
A FOREIGN MAN, believed to be British, has been left with serious injuries after plunging from a Pattaya condo balcony despite an official spending three hours trying to talk him out of taking his own life, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 16). At 11 a.m. today Pol. Col. Aphinan Boontharat, an investigator
Read moreDutchman found with sex pill production paraphernalia in his condo
A DUTCHMAN who is a former soldier was arrested in Pattaya after initially caught with a small amount of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) in his possession but a search of his condo uncovered equipment and chemicals to produce sex pills, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. The suspect, Mr. Simon Leonardus Petrus Scherps, 63, was first
Read more2 Chinese tourists, foreign biker hurt in crash near Pattaya
TWO Chinese tourists heading for Pattaya were injured when their bus slammed into a six-wheel truck that had quickly changed lanes to avoid hitting a foreign motorcyclist who had swerved in front as they were all travelling on a Chonburi road late afternoon today (July 30), Amarin TV said this evening. At 4.30 p.m.
Read morePolice help Cambodian girl abandoned by parents in Pattaya
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl who was abandoned by her parents at Pattaya beach was helped by police after local residents and tourists saw her crying last night (July 29), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Pattaya City police went to help the child at 10 p.m. after being alerted that she was sitting and crying
Read moreForeign racers’ motorbikes seized in Pattaya crackdown
PATTAYA police seized more than 10 motorcycles that foreign youths had zoomed into Soi VC to noisily race up down this alley to the annoyance of the local residents, Naewna newspaper said. At 4.50 p.m. a team of police officers set up checkpoints at the two ends of this alley to round up the
Read moreChinese tourist dies after falling from songthaew in Pattaya
A CHINESE man holidaying in Pattaya who fell from a songthaew passenger vehicle early this morning (July 22) later died from his injuries after being rushed to a hospital, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. The tourist, identified as Mr. Chi Fai Lam, 48, was seriously injured after falling from the songthaew on
Read moreIndians rounded up after punch-up in the middle of Pattaya
TWO Indian tourists were seen in a video clip beating up a fellow countryman in the middle of a Pattaya road with a Thai woman, believed to be the latter’s girlfriend, stepping in to try to stop the assault early in the morning and all were rounded up and taken to the police station,
Read morePM pays private visit to Pattaya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 22) paid a private visit to Pattaya, one of Thailand’s biggest tourism income earners. The prime minister, who has planned to spend the weekend with his family in Pattaya, inquired with local authorities about measures to maintain tourists’ safety, dispose of garbage and treat
Read more2 Ugandan women charged with stealing from Canadian man in Pattaya
ACTING on a complaint by a Canadian tourist that two Ugandan women had stolen almost 100,000 baht from his hotel room safe after he had invited them over, police arrested them last night (June 17) but they denied the charge, TV Channel 7 said this morning. Policemen from Bang Lamung station and Immigration Division
Read morePattaya seawater blackened with waste discharge not oil slick
PATTAYA City authorities explained that the seawater at Pattaya Bay got blackened because wastewater from a sewage treatment plant overflowed for a few hours and not due to an oil spill as has been feared, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 16). This followed the circulation of a video clip showing a boat sailing
Read morePower supply to Koh Larn island resumes after hours of cut
ELECTRICITY supply to Koh Larn island off Pattaya resumed at 4.30 p.m. today (June 14) after an outage since 10.30 a.m. in the morning led to some tourists asking hotels on the island to refund of their room rent, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this evening. The power supply to the whole
Read moreGerman tourist dies after falling from Pattaya hotel
A GERMAN man holidaying in Pattaya fell to his death from the 33rd floor of a luxury hotel last night (June 5) with this being the fourth such death in a month at this seaside city, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. At 10 p.m. last night Pol. Maj. Thanya Utthong, an inspector at
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