POLICE have made a lot of progress in investigating the suspected cyanide killings by Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, and they now think the total number of victims could rise to 20 from 13 mysterious deaths already linked to her to go by her bank accounts, INN News said this afternoon (Apr. 29). Pol.
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Drug trafficking duo flee leaving their wives behind to take the rap
TWO MAJOR drug traffickers managed to escape a police raid on their house in Nakhon Pathom leaving their respective wives behind to be apprehended after 93 kg crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 1,014,000 tablets of methamphetamine were found stashed there, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 7). Pol. Maj. Gen. Samroeng Suanthong, deputy chief of
Read moreThird drug suspect in city centre shootout nabbed
POLICE chased and arrested the third drug suspect who together with his two accomplices had opened fired on police at Sukhumvit soi 50 last Tuesday night (Mar. 21), TV Channel 7 said this morning (Mar. 24). Pol. Maj. Gen. Thawatkiat Jindakuansong, head of Metropolitan Division 5, was informed by Pol. Col. Opas Hannarong, head
Read moreUrgent: Gunman found dead after 15-hour siege
A GUNMAN who killed three people and injured four others by shooting randomly from his house in Phetchaburi province was found dead there at 4 a.m. this morning (Mar. 23) after two police raids during the 15-hour siege, Matichon newspaper said. The gunman, Mr. Anuwat Waenthong, or Ping, 29, was earlier identified as a
Read moreFire guts Met police building in Sathorn
A FIRE broke out at the three-storey Metropolitan Police Division 5 building in Sathorn Soi 8 at 4 a.m. this morning (Mar. 4) with the whole structure gutted in the fierce blaze but there were no casualties, Thai Rath newspaper said. The building was engulfed in flames that shot up 10 metres high and
Read morePolice lieutenant general shot dead by wife
THE Thai police was in a state of shock after the wife of a police lieutenant general shot him dead during an argument at their house in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district at 3 p.m. today (Feb. 19), TV Channel 7 said. A police team from Thammasala station together with officers from the Forensic Science
Read moreTwo dead as tank overturns during joint exercise
A SOLDIER and a cadet died this morning (Feb. 14) when a light tank they were travelling in overturned during a joint military, police and civilian exercise in Lopburi province, Matichon newspaper said. This year’s joint exercise by King’s Guard, 2nd Cavalry Division, was participated by soldiers and cadets from all three military branches
Read moreChuwit: Bigger gambling network than macau888 run by an inspector
AMIDST the ongoing crackdown on macau888 online gambling network former MP Chuwit Kamolvisit said this operation is small compared to a much bigger network operated by “Inspector Sua”, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 9). The turnover of this bigger online gambling network is around 10 billion baht, he alleged, adding that the inspector uses
Read moreHuai Kwang police station chief transferred over extortion claims
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat today (Jan. 30) ordered the transfer of Huai Kwang police station superintendent to assist with civil service duties after evidence emerged that policemen manning a checkpoint on Jan. 4 had extorted money from a Taiwanese actress and her friends to set them free, Thai Rath newspaper said.
Read moreTaiwanese actress denies drinking alcohol, confirms payoff
A TAIWANESE actress who accused Huai Kwang police of extorting 27,000 baht at a checkpoint during her New Year holiday visit to Bangkok today (Jan. 27) denied having consumed alcohol while sticking by her shakedown allegation despite denials, Matichon newspaper said. An Yu-Qing, whose English name is Charlene An, also said in new posts
Read moreHuai Khwang police deny extorting money from Taiwanese actress
AFTER A TAIWANESE actress accused Huai Khwang police of taking a 27,000 baht payoff from her during New Year holiday visit to Bangkok, the seven policemen at a checkpoint where she and her friends were stopped denied the extortion allegations, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said this evening (Jan. 26). Thai Facebook page Ni
Read morePolicemen ‘using free time to escort Chinese tourist’
INVESTIGATION of a viral video shared by a female Chinese tourist claiming to have paid for police escort from the airplane to the hotel showed that some policemen have been using their free time and their modified personal vehicles to offer this service, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 23). The three policemen seen in
Read moreThree policemen escorting Chinese tourist transferred
THREE policemen seen providing police escort to a female Chinese tourist in a video that has gone viral in China have been transferred to the headquarters, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 22). The tourist said in the video clip that everything is really for sale in Thailand including police escort from the airplane
Read morePolice probing Chinese video clip claiming to hire Thai police escort
THAI POLICE have launched an investigation into a video clip going viral in China with the woman who shared it claiming that everything is really for sale in Thailand including police escort from the airplane to the hotel for only 6,000 to 7,000 baht, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 21). Pol. Maj. Gen.
Read moreSenior police officers being probed over payoff by Chinese grey capitalist gang
POLICE have launched a serious disciplinary inquiry over payoff by a Chinese grey capitalist gang to a 191 and Department of Special Investigation team during a raid of a house in Thungmahamek area and then walked free, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 20). Pol. Maj. Gen, Archayon Kraithong, the police spokesman, said the
Read more80 Immigration police to be quizzed on links to Chinese grey capitalists
OVER 80 Immigration police including three holding the rank of major general will be summoned for questioning for allegedly helping a group of Chinese grey capitalists reside in Thailand, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 16). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, said a meeting will be
Read moreTwo suspects held in Narathiwat police flats car bombing
POLICE have arrested two of nine suspects in the car bombing of police flats in southern Narathiwat province on Nov. 22, 2022 that killed one policeman, injured 25 others plus 18 family members of policemen, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 2). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas said at a press conference also attended
Read moreBig hunt for drug suspect who escaped from police station
A BIG team of policemen accompanied by their dogs are hunting for a drug suspect who managed to escape from Phanom Thuan police station in Kanchanaburi province two days ago and is still at large, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Thanayuth Wutticharathamrong, commander of the Provincial Police Region 7, and Pol. Maj.
Read morePoliticians, activists post photos with one eye closed in support of blinded protester
AFTER one of the anti-Apec protesters was blinded upon being hit in the right eye with a rubber bullet in police use of force to stop their march from City Hall square to Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre last Saturday (Nov. 18), today a number of politicians and activists posted photos of themselves with
Read more‘Big Joke’ vows to catch all Chinese grey capitalists
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, this afternoon (Nov. 13) said all Chinese grey capitalists who run shady nominee businesses and hold dual nationalities will be rounded up within the next two to three weeks, Matichon newspaper said. Speaking prior to a meeting of a working
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