Foreign cocaine trafficking gang busted at Koh Phangan
A CRACKDOWN on a foreign cocaine trafficking ring on Koh Phangan led to the arrest of a Canadian man, a Nigerian man and his Thai wife over the last couple of days, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 28). Upon being ordered Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Puek-am, commander of Tourist Police, to intensify investigation of foreigners […]
Read MoreIndia says Delhi blast was ‘terror incident’, sources cite possible link with Kashmir arrests
By Reuters and published by CNA New Delhi – India’s government confirmed on Wednesday (Nov. 12) that it was treating a car blast that killed 12 people and wounded at least 20 others in Delhi as a “terror incident” and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice as swiftly as possible. In a resolution […]
Read MoreMalaysian man held for driving car loaded with Ketamine back home
A MALAYSIAN man was arrested at a checkpoint in Chumphon province after 75kg of Ketamine worth over 70 million baht was found hidden in the trunk of the car he was driving but the suspect claims he was just hired to drive the vehicle back home and did not know this drug was hidden […]
Read More2 more held in extorting cash from Chinese visitors
POLICE have arrested two more suspects on charges of extorting US$65,000, or approximately 2.5 million baht, from five Chinese nationals who were rounded up from their hotel rooms in Din Daeng district with the help of two corrupt policemen and so far seven out of 10 gang members have been apprehended, Thai Rath and […]
Read More‘Big Joke’: Village headman won’t get off the hook
Updated DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, said after meeting Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today (Sep. 10) that a former village headman arrested over the murder of a policeman at party in his house will not walk free as there is strong evidence against him with the surveillance […]
Read MoreThird suspect in murder of German businessman nabbed in Kanchanaburi
THE THIRD suspect in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week was arrested this afternoon (July 12) in Kanchanaburi while trying to flee across the border to Myanmar, Naewna newspaper said. Police arrested Mr. Shahrukh Kareem Uddin, 27, a Pakistani holding Thai nationality, while travelling in a taxi to […]
Read MorePolice zero in on ‘Outlaw’ gang after nabbing murder suspects
WITH the arrest of two out of three suspects in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said his team is now targeting a mafia gang going by the name “Outlaw” with one of the suspects allegedly being a key […]
Read MoreTwo Germans arrested in murder of businessman
TWO Germans wanted in the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in Chonburi last week have been arrested with the third suspect, a Pakistani who holds Thai nationality, still being hunted, Matichon newspaper quoted police as saying late this evening (July 11). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big […]
Read MoreSongkhla news editor among 3 nabbed for drugs
A NEWS EDITOR of a local newspaper in southern Songkhla province was among three suspects arrested on drug charges today (Jan. 6), Naewna newspaper said. A team of Border Patrol Police, 44th Ranger Forces Regiment and 5th Infantry Division led by Mr. Phongsathorn Thammachat, director of the Office of Narcotics Control Board in Songkhla, […]
Read MorePoliceman, official caught selling information to call centre gang
A POLICEMAN and a government official have been caught selling information about Thai citizens to a call centre gang and were paid 20,000 baht a day or 600,000 baht a month, Matichon newspaper said today (Oct. 28). Deputy National Police chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukvimol said the two suspects were among 16 arrested in […]
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