A 27-year-old man was arrested with 55,000 yaba tablets and 1.2 kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”, worth a total of Bt14 million, Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Pol Maj General Pisit Pisutsak told a press conference yesterday. Police also found a pistol and 31 bullets at the home of suspect Somyos Piyathanawong in Bangkok’s Thung […]
BANGKOK, 24 May 2012 (NNT) – The Thai Fruit Festival 2012 is now underway at JJ Mall to offer Thai fruit to consumers straight from the farms. All types of high quality fruit, both fresh and processed, from farms in the East, North, and three southernmost provinces are on offer. The Cooperative Promotion Department and […]
BANGKOK, May 21 – A woman was hit and killed by an oncoming train in downtown Bangkok on Monday morning as she crossed the Asok-Phetchaburi railroad crossing. The body of Budreeyah U-ngarmsil, 18, was retrieved from a wheel mounting of train No. 283 outbound from Bangkok to Chon Buri’s Plutaluang after being hit by the […]
BANGKOK, May 19 – Red shirt supporters from nationwide gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection to join activities organized by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) — the red shirt movement — to mark the second anniversary of the 2010 protest against the previous Abhisit Vejjajiva-led administration. Roads around Ratchaprasong intersection were closed after many […]
CentralWorld in Bangkok announces it is closing as of 3pm, to resume normal operation on Sunday after Red Shirt gathering at Ratchaprasong ends. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, May 18 – The Thai authorities arrested three more men in connection with call scams which surfaced in the past week, and seized a large amount of equipment used in the international operation. Police on Friday searched a house in Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng area after six suspects had been arrested at a supermarket on Thursday […]
BANGKOK, May 18 – A British citizen was detained today in possession of six human foetuses set to be smuggled into Taiwan, according to police. Police from the Children and Women’s Protection Sub-Division on Friday told a news briefing that Chow Hok Kuen, a 28-year old British citizen of Taiwanese origin, was apprehended at a […]
BANGKOK, 18 May 2012 (NNT) – Bangkok police have been stepping up security measures to make sure that this weekend’s gathering of the Red shirt supporters in the center of the city go smoothly. Metropolitan Police Bureau spokesperson Police Colonel Preeda Sataworn said that the city police have been instructed to prepare for the rally […]
