BANGKOK, April 25 – The authorities in the Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday intercepted and seized 22 contraband African elephant tusks, and 44 sawn pieces of ivory worth more than Bt3 million in a shipment from Nigeria. Customs Department Director of Investigation and Suppression Rakob Srisupa-at told a news conference that the confiscated ivory […]
A fire broke out at Bon Kai Community in Pathumwan district of Bangkok, damaging about 20 buildings. According to witnesses, the fire may be linked with a dispute from local teenagers. Read more: TAN Network
BANGKOK, April 24 – The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) suspended its north-bound train service to some central provinces after five carriages of an oil tanker train derailed in Bangkok’s Don Mueang district Tuesday afternoon, blocking tracks and leaking 200,000 litres of crude oil in the immediate area. No one was injured in the incident […]
A 43-year-old man jumped off the Bangkok Bang Na BTS station to his death yesterday. Police suspect he committed suicide over his illness. Following the suicide report at 10.05 am, found the body of Pornchai Meesapwattana on the road beneath the station. His backpack was on the station’s third floor platform on the Mor Chit […]
Police from Bangkok’s Samray station arrested two drug suspects with 80,000 methamphetamine pills and about 900 grams of crystal meth along with two million baht worth of properties. Two drug suspects, 33-year-old Pannipat Tirakotai and 28-year-old Wiwat Klongpakornkul, were arrested by Samray police. Read more: TAN Network
The Anti-Human Trafficking Division police have arrested a human trafficking suspect who allegedly lured underage Burmese children to sell flowers at entertainment places in Bangkok. A 47-year-old woman, Miso or Misssu Muhammud, was arrested by the Anti-Human Trafficking Division police after the World Vision Foundation of Thailand and the Mirror Foundation filed a complaint that […]
BANGKOK, April 20 – The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the so-called Red Shirt movement, will rally May 19 at Ratchaprasong intersection in downtown Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of the May 19 protest clampdown in 2010 and to commemorate those killed during the political demonstration. UDD spokesman Worawut Vichaidit announced on […]
Five human skulls have been found in a fertilizer bag left by Rangsit Canal in Pathum Thani Province. At the scene, police found five human skulls with some crushed bones inside the fertilizer bag. Apparently, the skulls’ foreheads, occipital bones and both temples were broken. The forensic team is currently gather evidence around the scene. […]
