BANGKOK, 2 May 2012 (NNT) – Thai police chief has announced a seizure of over 1 million tablets of amphetamine worth 306 million baht. National Police Chief Police General Preopan Damapong said the police yesterday arrested two suspects in an estate in Soi Nawamin 111, Bangkok, which is near the Prime Minister’s house. Authorities also […]
Fire rages at Lam Luk Ka Khlong 7 in Pathum Thani, spreads to recycling factory, Nissan showroom, destroying 27 vehicles. MCOT
Service on an extension of the Bangkok Skytrain’s Silom line, covering four stations from Wong Wian Yai to Bang Wa, is likely to be postponed from the original schedule in December till next year, Krungthep Thanakom (KT), operator of the Bangkok Transit System (BTS), said yesterday. Progress depends on an agreement pending between two agencies […]
A barge carrying a backhoe sank early yesterday in the middle of Chao Phraya River in Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng district. There were no casualties. The accident happened 40 metres off the Phuchao Saming Prai shore of Wat Laem about half an hour past midnight. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
An earthquake-engineering expert yesterday warned that people in Bangkok should keep an eye on a geological fault in the country’s west that could affect the capital. Professor Panitan Lukkunaprasit, from Chulalongkorn University (CU)’s Centre of Excellence in Earthquake Engineering and Vibration, said the fault is near the western province of Kanchanaburi and links to Myanmar’s […]
BANGKOK, 29 April 2012 (NNT) – Suvarnabhumi Airport has been voted by over 12 million passengers worldwide as the world’s 10th best airport in a recent survey conducted by a world’s leading airport and airline review website. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Director Somchai Sawasdipol has revealed that a leading airport and airline review website, SKYTRAX, has […]
Two people were killed when a Porsche collided with a Toyota Fortuner pickup truck early yesterday on the tollway in Bangkok’s Lak Si district. The collision took place at 12.30 am in the right lane of the outbound tollway near the headquarters of the Daily News newspaper. The Porsche’s speedometer was stuck at 280km per […]
An Italian man was arrested in Bangkok’s Bang Kho Laem district for allegedly making pornographic films, Immigration Police deputy chief Pol Maj-General Warin Boonyakiat told a press conference yesterday. The suspect denied the charge. Police say their investigation found that 58-year-old Marco Lazzarini was running the porn website perverx.com from a house in Soi Sathupradit […]
