BANGKOK, 21 March 2013 (NNT) – The corpse of a Vietnamese man has been found bound and left inside a black garbage bag in Charansanitwong 40, Bangkok. Police believe he was murdered due to conflict of interest involving a prostitution business. Metropolitan Police inspected the body that was bagged and stuffed inside a large garbage […]
BANGKOK, March 20 – Six suspected drug dealers were arrested while delivering illicit drugs in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district with 400,000 methamphetamine pills and 7 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine or ice with a street value of Bt140 million. Pol Maj Gen Chanthep Saesawet, Deputy Commissioner of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau told a news conference of […]
Police are trying to determine if the ex-girlfriend of a man, killed in an explosion in Bangkok yesterday morning, was behind the fatal attack. The victim, Wanchai Noomdee, broke up with his girlfriend a few months ago after he met a new lady at the Ua Arthon Lat Krabang 2 housing project. Read more: The […]
Late last night, a group of Thai teens attacked an intoxicated, 48-year-old Dutchman in front of an Internet café near Manhattan Hotel in Pathum Thani. The teens, who launched their attack for no apparent reason, fled the scene soon afterwards. Read more: coconutsbangkok.com By Coconuts Bangkok
SAMUT PRAKAN, March 16 – An Iranian was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport this afternoon in possession of 2.6 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine with a street value of Bt10 million. Director of Customs Department’s Investigation and Suppression Bureau office 3, Tada Chumchaiyo told reporters that the Iranian, identified as Mr Akbari Djahangir, 29, was arrested upon […]
Over 30,000 CDs were confiscated during a police raid in a famous Bangkok market in Khlongtom. Ten shop owners were arrested for selling illegal movie CDs which are estimated to cause damage of over Bt100,000. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK, March 16 – A landing gear tyre of a Thai Airways International plane arriving from India burst this morning as it was landing at Bangkok’s international airport, though all 287 passengers were reportedly safe. The accident occurred around 6.20am with the Airbus A-330 flight TG341 from Kolkata to Bangkok. The plane, however, landed at […]
A gang of teenagers was arrested for allegedly robbing more than 60 men during the past three months, including Chulalongkorn University students. “During the interrogation, they confessed to stealing motorcycles and robbing people since December. They committed about 50 crimes in the Yannawa area alone,” Pol Maj General Wanlop Pratummueang, commander of Metropolitan Police Division […]
