Two Filipinos arrested in Bangkok for robing foreign tourists

Two Filipinos were arrested for allegedly drugging several tourists to steal their valuables at Bangkok attractions, while a Cambodian man and a Vietnamese man were arrested for pick-pocketing, Tourist Police Division Commander Pol Maj Gen Adis Ngamjitsuksri told a press conference Saturday. Following complaints filed by Japanese tourists that they were drugged and robbed by […]

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Bangkok totally flood-free: Governor

BANGKOK, Dec 23 – Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Friday announced that the flood situation in all districts of Bangkok has ended, and the capital is completely flood-free. According to reports from all districts, the flooding in the entire capital has returned to normal, the governor said, adding that relevant workers in Bangkok’s drainage and […]

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Bangkok removes dummy security cameras

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has removed all of the 1,325 dummy closed-circuit security cameras which had been installed throughout the capital city, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Thursday. MR Sukhumbhand said this while inspecting the removal of the last dummy cameras at Victory Monument today with his deputy Thirachon Manomaipiboon. Read more: Bangkok […]

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Big gambling den raided in Bangkok

About 100 metropolitan police raided a heavily guarded casino in Taopoon area on Bangkok’s Techawanich road in Bang Sue district early this morning and arrested 199 gamblers. The raid, which began at 4.30am, was led by Pol Lt-Gen Winai Thongsong, the metropolitan police chief, Pol Maj-Gen Saroj Promcharoen, his deputy, and Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai, […]

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Indian drug suspect arrested in Bangkok with 3kg of ketamine

SAMUT PRAKAN, Dec 20 – An Indian national has arrested with about three kilogrammes of ketamine at Suvarnabhumi Airport, according to the Customs Department. Mohamed Iliyas Rawther Mohamed Rabeek, 24, was arrested with some three kilogrammes of ketamine including its package weight, worth about Bt350,000, Customs Department deputy director general Thanat Suwatthanamethakul told a news […]

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