A 40-year-old man was arrested in Bangkok’s Lak Si district along with 400,000 Yaba tablets and 10 kilogram of crystal meth, worth Bt130 million totally, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Police Lieutenant General Chakthip Chaijinda said Wednesday. Police also found an AKA rifle, a pistol and ammunitions in the suspect’s car. Read more: The Nation
The 5.3 km-long Taksin-Phetchakasem skytrain extension construction, for which the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) invested some Bt7.5 million, will be complete and ready for public service on December 5, 2012. BMA Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra and city executives Tuesday inspected the Pho Nimit station construction site which was in the process of placing the railway. […]
BANGKOK, 28 June 2011 (NNT) – The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link is improving its marketing strategy to encourage more passengers to make use of the check-in services at Makkasan Station after less than 20 users were recorded each day. Mr Pakorn Tangjetsakao, Acting CEO of SRT Electrified Train Co, Ltd, operator of the Airport Rail […]
BANGKOK, June 24 – Thailand’s domestic carrier Bangkok Airways closed its check-in service at Bangkok’s City Air Terminal, also known as Makkasan Station. Airline public relations director Nantika Worawan said the service is closed temporarily, as few passengers used the facility on average per day. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, 23 June 2011 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has clarified to the Thai people at Ratchaprasong Intersection that the black-clad assailants during the 2010 political mayhem were, in fact, security guards of the red-shirt group. In his capacity as the Democrat Secretary-General, Mr Suthep made the opening speech on stage at Ratchaprasong […]
BANGKOK, June 23 – A large crowd gathered at Ratchaprasong, Bangkok’s prime business and shopping area, Thursday evening to join a major election campaign rally for Thailand’s oldest political party, the Democrat Party, with less than two weeks to go until the July 3 general election. Despite rains, the Democrat supporters turned up in substantial […]
BANGKOK, June 23 – Thai police arrested five Iranian nationals in three separate drug smuggling cases with about 5.8 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘ice’ at Suvarnabhumi Airport said Pol Lt-Gen Adithep Panjamanont, commander of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau at a press briefing on Thursday. Sara Faramazi, 25, and Alireza Rezaei, 23, were […]
BANGKOK, 22 June 2011 (NNT)-Airport of Thailand (AOT) Director Mr. Theerapol Noprampa has proposed to increase the service capacity at Suvarnabhumi Airport to accommodate the growing number of passengers. Mr. Theerapol said according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), it is possible to increase the services within the airport. More passenger terminals are expected […]
