A POLICE investigation is under way after a popular Facebook page revealed that two police aircraft were used to carry contraband liquor and beer from Hat Yai airport to Bangkok several times during 2018-2020 and while complaints against two senior officers alleged to be involved were filed to National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), no progress
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Lawyer confirms Joe Ferrari does not suffer from bipolar disorder
THE lawyer of an arrested police colonel held together with six other officers over the plastic bag death of a drug suspect said today (Sept. 3) that his client confirmed he has never suffered from bipolar disorder with the antidepressant found in his condo meant to help him relax, Sanook.com said. Mr. Chokchai
Read moreCSD checking Joe Ferrari medical history over bipolar disorder claim
THE Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Suwat Saengnum said today (Aug. 31) that the news of Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, is suffering from bipolar disorder hinges on whether this set in before or after the death of the drug suspect, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon
Read moreVictim’s mum, girlfriend quizzed again in Joe Ferrari case
PROSECUTORS today (Aug. 30) questioned the mother and girlfriend of the drug suspect who died after being suffocated with two plastic bags with this taking place just as an autopsy report stated that the cause of death was asphyxiation and not drug abuse, Amarin TV said this evening. Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent
Read moreJoe Ferrari stressed out first night in jail
UPON himself being jailed the former head of Mueang Nakhon Sawan police station was stressed out last night with prison officials having to arrange for a psychologist to talk to him but this morning (Aug. 28) is more relaxed and able to eat, Sanook.com said. Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, who
Read moreWicha Mahakhun calls for close eye on Thitisan case
A LEGAL academic working on the National Police Act has called for a close watch on the progress of the Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon case, saying the former Nakhon Sawan Police Station Director likely displayed an intent to commit murder and may have backing from influential elements, NNT said today (Aug. 27). National Police Act
Read moreJoe Ferrari takes sole blame, denies extortion
THE DETAINED former head of Mueang Nakhon Sawan police station said during questioning last night that he was trying to crack a big drug case with this leading to the suspect’s death and wants to take sole responsibility because he was the one who issued the orders, Police News said today (August 27). Pol.
Read moreUrgent! Hunted cop arrested after fleeing to Myanmar
THE police colonel who fled after a video clip emerged showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags had fled to Myanmar’s Myawaddy town, across border from Mae Sot, but later coordinated with the police team chasing him and has now been arrested, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 26). Pol.
Read moreCop in plastic bag murder of suspect ‘has fled to Cambodia’
THE INVESTIGATION team tracking down Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon who fled after a video clip emerged showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags said they believe he is no longer in Thailand and has fled by natural route to Cambodia, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Aug. 26). They are
Read moreCop in plastic bag murder of suspect owns 29 luxury vehicles
A RAID on a large house owned by Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon in Ramintra area of Bangkok and a check of vehicle ownership papers showed that the former head of Nakhon Sawan City police station, who fled after a video clip surfaced showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags,
Read morePolice hunting for cop in plastic bag suffocation to death case
THE Nakhon Sawan court has issued an arrest warrant for the head of the Mueang police station on charges of premeditated murder after he was seen in a video clip using two plastic bags to suffocate a drug suspect to death in order to 2 million baht from him, Sanook.com said this morning (Aug. 25).
Read morePolice: Shots were fired but not by us
METROPOLITAN POLICE said three people were shot outside Din Daeng police station last evening (August 16) but not by policemen with two of them having been issued weapons and rubber bullets and the one photographed was Pol. Lt. Piyapong who had been issued six rubber bullets, Amarin TV and Police News said. Forensic police
Read moreChinese gangsters injure 2 policemen in Chonburi shooting
A CHINESE gang shot and wounded two transnational crime unit police officers who had gone to their luxury house in Chonburi province with a search warrant to inspect it this afternoon (May 19), TV Channel 7 said. Led by Pol. Maj. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang, acting head of Chonburi police, and accompanied by tourist, immigration and
Read more3 suspects hurt as police vehicle slams into 10-wheel truck
THREE suspects being taken to Rayong’s central prison got injured, one badly, this afternoon (May 12) when the police vehicle they were travelling in slammed into a ten-wheel truck at an intersection sparking a big blaze that spread quickly, Amarin TV said. A police team from Ban Khai district’s station rushed to the scene of
Read moreAlcohol checkpoints make a comeback – D-Day April 1
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk today (March 23) issued an order for all police stations in Bangkok to again start setting up checkpoints from April 1 onwards, Amarin TV said. All the police stations were ordered to work out a plan on the locations of the checkpoints, the policemen who will be manning
Read morePolice deny demanding bribe from Japanese restaurant
SENIOR police officers today (March 8) denied having demanded a bribe from the owner of a new Japanese restaurant whose foreign staff did not have their papers on them when they went in for an inspection recently, Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt Gen. Phakphong Phongphetra, head of the Metropolitan Police, confirmed that a team of Thonglor
Read moreDemonstration targeting police kicks off at Ratchaprasong intersection
PROTESTERS have started gathering on the sidewalk in front of the Central World shopping complex this evening (Feb. 23) with this rally organised by an anonymous group and Thammasat Alliance and Rally, Sanook.com said. The demonstrators want to show their anger over alleged corruption and intervention in police circles as they said it is connections
Read moreBashed up medical volunteer may countersue police
THE medical volunteer who was photographed being beaten up by Protection and Crowd Control Division police during Saturday’s protest at Democracy Monument and the City Shrine Pillar said at 7 p.m. this evening (Feb.15) that he will discuss with a lawyer about countersuing the police, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Puraphon Wongcheak, 19, a member
Read moreWarning shots fired at protesters in Myawaddy, 6 arrested
A TENSE confrontation between anti-coup protesters and Myanmar police today (Feb. 7) at Myawaddy town, just across the river from Thai Mae Sot town, ended after police fired warning shots and then moved in to arrest them with six rounded up so far, Sanook.com reported. Those rallying on Myawaddy’s streets called for the release
Read moreKremlin stands by police crackdown
MOSCOW: The Kremlin has defended its crackdown on protesters demanding the release of opposition figure Alexei Navalny as his allies vowed to continue putting pressure on the authorities. Protest monitors said that more than 10,000 people have been detained at recent nationwide rallies in support of President Vladimir Putin’s loudest critic, who was handed
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