Sub-district administration chief held for extorting cash from contract workers
POLICE and National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) officials raided the office of Nong Mi Sub-district Administration Chief in lower northeastern Si Sa Ket province and arrested him for extorting cash from 28 contract workers to renew their agreements, threatening to eliminate their positions if they failed to pay up, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (Sep. 17). […]
Read MoreNorth-to-South meth trafficking ringleader nabbed
THE Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested the ringleader of a drug gang transporting methamphetamine from the North for distribution to networks in the South after two drug mules identified him, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 12). Apprehended at Bang Kaeo railway station in southern Phattalung province after completing a pilgrimage to this and […]
Read MorePolice quiz ‘Indian boss’ behind ice cream-cum-loansharking business
AN INDIAN businessman charged with being the big boss running an ice cream business as a cover for loansharking to residents in Bang Phi district, Samut Prakan province, is being questioned after seven Indian motorcycle-riding vendors were rounded up for threatening and intimidating their clients, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 28). Bang Phli […]
Read MoreThai held over parrot eggs haul in South Africa
By AFP and published by CNA JOHANNESBURG: South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through Johannesburg’s main airport, the environment ministry said on Wednesday (Aug. 26). The 50-year-old was arrested last week at OR Tambo International Airport after officials found the eggs concealed inside a […]
Read MoreAmerican man high on drugs steals, slashes policeman with cutter
A DRAMATIC incident occurred in Sua Pa area of Bangkok today (Aug. 22) when an American man who later tested positive for consumption of methamphetamine was arrested after stealing from a convenience store then slashing a policeman with a cutter as he was trying to apprehend him, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Kris […]
Read MoreLaotian gold shop robbers nabbed, being extradited to Thailand
TWO Laotian men have been arrested in their country on charges of mounting a brazen robbery of a gold shop in Chiang Rai on the Thai side of the border making off with 184 baht weight of gold ornaments before fleeing across the Mekong river back to their homeland earlier this month, Naewna newspaper […]
Read More2 suspects confess to killing Russian siblings
A COUPLE of suspects wanted in the disappearance of two Russian siblings in Chonburi have been arrested in Sa Kaeo province bordering Cambodia with police saying that they have confessed to killing them with the motive being theft of their motorcycle, Naewna newspaper said today (July 31). Diana Nazimova, 22, and Roman Nazimov, 17, […]
Read MoreMyanmar military round up over 700 scammers near Mae Sot
MYANMAR troops rounded up 777 online scammers, including Chinese and Thai nationals plus citizens of their own country while clashing with Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) across from Thailand’s Tak province, Amarin TV said today (July 29). Myanmar officials in Myawaddy township, Kayin state, opposite Mae Sot district on the Thai side, said Myanmar […]
Read MoreSwiss man arrested on charges of assaulting boy at Patong beach
A SWISS man has been arrested for allegedly luring a 14-year-old boy to Patong Beach and sexually assaulting him with Phuket police having charged him with three serious offences and are opposing bail, TV Channel 7 said today (July 21). The boy’s mother had contacted Ms. Paveena Hongsakul, president of Paveena Foundation for Children […]
Read More2 Chinese members of surrogacy ring nabbed in Pattaya
TWO Chinese nationals wanted in their homeland for being key members of an illegal surrogacy ring were arrested at a Pattaya hotel today (July 5), TV Channel 7 said. A police team from the Central Investigation and Immigration bureaux apprehended Mr. Yan, 43, and Ms. Mi, 33, and revoked their permits to stay in […]
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