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 More2 Ugandan women charged with stealing from Canadian man in Pattaya
ACTING on a complaint by a Canadian tourist that two Ugandan women had stolen almost 100,000 baht from his hotel room safe after he had invited them over, police arrested them last night (June 17) but they denied the charge, TV Channel 7 said this morning. Policemen from Bang Lamung station and Immigration Division […]
Read MoreCanadian tourist dies after falling off moving train
A YOUNG CANADIAN man died last night (Mar. 20) after falling off a fast train running from Bangkok to Chumphon then onwards to Trang after going out of the carriage to smoke a cigarette as it was moving up and down during the journey, TV Channel 7 said late afternoon today. At approximately 10.30 […]
Read More‘Big Joke’: Foreigner in girlfriend’s death on watchlist
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, said after meeting the brother of a Thai woman found hanged in Phuket last week that her Canadian boyfriend has been placed on watchlist, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 13). Mr. Ekapop Leangprasert, one of the operators of Sai […]
Read MoreBrother suspects foreigner was linked to sister’s death
THE BROTHER of a Thai woman found hanged in Phuket is moving for an investigation after some suspicion arose while accusing her Canadian boyfriend of possibly being linked to her death, TV Channel 7 said today (Feb. 18). The unidentified brother of Ms. Wanvisa, 31, who died last Wednesday Feb. 8 at a nail […]
Read MoreRemains of Canadian man found at Pattaya grass field
PATTAYA police are investigating the mysterious death of a Canadian man whose remains were found in a grass field in the middle of this seaside city today (July 15), TV Channel 7 said. Upon being alerted by a hotel housekeeper that she had stumbled upon a dead body in the grass field behind Leelawadee […]
Read MoreCanadian woman biking in Kanchanaburi dies after being hit by pickup truck
A CANADIAN woman biking in Kanchanaburi with her husband died early this morning (June 18) after being hit by a pickup truck while changing lanes to make a U-turn, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.30 a.m. Pol. Capt. Chairat Chananan, a deputy inspector at Mueang Kanchanaburi police station, was alerted of the accident on […]
Read MoreArrest warrants out for 2 Canadians in the killing of gangster in Phuket
THE Phuket Provincial Court approved arrest warrants for two Canadian men, both former soldiers, who are suspects in the the murder of Indian-Canadian gangster in front of his luxury villa at Phuket’s Rawai beach on Feb. 4, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Feb. 12). The two suspects were seen firing a volley of bullets at […]
Read MorePolice Chief flies to Phuket to solve Indian Canadian man’s murder
NATIONAL POLICE Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk flew to Phuket today (Feb. 7) to solve the murder of an Indian man with Canadian citizenship at a luxury villa on Rawai beach on Friday night with police investigators having collected more suveilence camera clips and worked out the two assassins’ escape route, TV Channel 7 said. […]
Read MoreClues found in murder of deported Canadian gangster in Phuket
SOME important clues in the murder of a deported Canadian gangster at a villa in Phuket on Friday night (Feb. 4) have surfaced with a key one being that a mystery post about his death was circulated before Thai police were informed, Sanook.com said today (Feb. 6) The Phuket provincial police and Chalong police […]
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