TWO men attending a wedding at a Surat Thani hotel came out to the parking lot and after a fierce argument pulled out their pistols and shot each other dead with two women in the vicinity also getting injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 29). At 8.25 p.m. Mueang Surat Thani police station
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Big 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 moreUpdate: Killer cop’s accomplice caught in Phang Nga
THE accomplice of a policeman who killed his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani on Saturday evening (Apr. 8) with his wife, son and brother also now dead has been arrested in Phang Nga, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 10). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat
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 moreBody of French tourist lost in jungle for 5 days found
A BIG search in a Surat Thani jungle for a Frenchman missing for five days ended this afternoon (Nov. 17) after his body was found down a steep cliff by a large party of rescuers, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Gollino Cyrit Tizzlano, around 30 years of age, had been staying at Khao Sok Holiday
Read moreFerry freed after running aground off Koh Phangan pier
A FERRY packed with passengers and cars that sailed from Koh Samui to Koh Phangan this morning (July 11) ran aground upon getting close to the destination pier but was freed and safely docked after being stuck for over three hours, Matichon newspaper said. The Raja Ferry Company’s R9 ferry had set out from Koh
Read more220kg Ice found in overturned cabbage pickup truck
SURAT THANI police last night (Apr. 28) found a big lot of 220 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) hidden in a pickup truck loaded with cabbage after it flipped over and are now chasing the driver and accompanying passenger who fled the scene, Matichon newspaper said this morning. Tha Chana police station was alerted
Read moreSurat Thani only has one case today but nationwide 2,804 new cases
SOUTHERN Surat Thani province reported its best result in two months and 11 days this morning (June 13) with only one coronavirus case emerging in the past 24 hours but nationwide there were 2,804 new cases, Siam Rath newspaper said. Among the southern provinces Nakhon Si Thammarat province had the highest number of cases
Read moreAlmost 1.2 tons Ice seized in Surat Thani
IN ONE of the largest drug busts in recent months in Surat Thani police seized 1.199 tons of Ice (crystal methamphetamine) hidden in sacks containing cow dung with this being worth approximately 600 million baht, PostToday reported this afternoon (July 12, 2020). Deputy Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchat Theerasawat flew to this southern province to
Read moreIllegal seaside gazebo owners feel the heat as Navy takes action
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OWNERS OF GAZEBOS illegally built on the shores of Surat Thani have been repeatedly urged to promptly dismantle those unpermitted structures or the authorities will do so instead. The navy’s Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre’s Second Area Commander Vice Adm Samrerng Chanthaso confirmed today (June 8) the navy-led authorities would
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