Police in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district announced the arrest of 17 youths yesterday for street racing, along with 30 motorbikes. Seven of the group under 18. They were among a group of about 100 racing on outbound Rama II road at about 1am. Read more: The Nation
Sinkholes delay flights; govt, AOT urged to take prompt action to prevent loss of confidence Executives in the aviation and tourism industries have called on the government and Airports of Thailand (AOT) to work together more closely to maintain Suvarnabhumi Airport’s safety standards after two sinkholes were found on the west runway on Thursday night, […]
A representative of Siam Commercial Bank went to see the police Crime Suppression Division to report that a Nonthaburi woman millionaire apparently lost 102 million THB in her bank account. The bank revealed that they have stopped the responsible manager from working. The bank also formed a committee to investigate the manager, but could not […]
BANGKOK, July 6 – A multi-national call centre gang was arrested on Friday in the Thai capital, according to Thai immigration police. The gang of 15 persons, comprised of six Britons, two Americans, one German, two Romanians, one South African, and three Filipinos, were apprehended at an apartment in Bangkok’s upscale Sukhumvit area. Source: MCOT
Airports of Thailand Plc, the operator of Suvarnabhumi Airport, has already fixed the crack on the West Runway, which led to the diversion of 11 flights and delays of about 200 flights last night. Somchai Sawasdeepon, senior executive vice president of AOT, today led a media tour to the spot, within Section 19R. Read more: […]
NONTHABURI, July 5 – Thai police on Thursday found 140,000 methamphetamine pills, with a street value of Bt30 million, on the roadside of a Bangkok suburb. The pills were sealed in 70 packs in two bags. A traffic volunteer noticed the bags left near a telephone booth on Kanchanapisek Road in Nonthaburi’s Bang Yai district […]
HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej will Saturday visit people hit by 2011 flooding in Nonthaburi. The visit will be made before he heads back to Bangkok to preside over the inauguration ceremony for five royally-initiated irrigation projects. The ceremony will take place at the Royal Irrigation Department’s headquarters in the capital even though the five projects […]
BANGKOK, 4 July 2012 (NNT) – The Department of Pollution Control (DPC) revealed that initial tests conducted at the site of this morning’s explosion found traces of toxic substances such as toluene, benzene and xylene. Following an explosion and subsequent fire at the Bangchak-owned oil refinery in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit Soi 64, the DPC this morning […]
