Littering is against the law and offenders should be punished, but some say the capital city’s inspectors are perhaps a little too vigilant Many foreign tourists in Bangkok have complained they have been “burned” after being fined for littering by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) inspectors. An investigation by a Spectrum team lasting several weeks […]
BANGKOK, Aug 29 — Two Iranian men were arrested on Sunday at the Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling 6.2kg of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘ice,’ worth Bt21.7 million (about US$687,000), customs officers reported. Habibihemat Siamak, 41, and Elmjou Mohammad Reza, 25, were detained at Thailand’s main international airport after customs officers suspected that […]
BANGKOK, Aug 28 – Security has been stepped up across the Thai capital ahead of Sunday’s election for city and district council members while the poll agency expected more than half of all eligible voters will turn out for polling. Senior advisor to the Royal Thai Police Pol Gen Wutthi Phuawade on Saturday called a […]
BANGKOK, Aug 26 – Five Iranian men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in three separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases involving a total weight of 12.3 kilogrammes of the drug, valued at Bt43 million (US$1.3 million), according to Thailand’s Customs Department. Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sajjapong told the media Thursday that Mohajeri Mohammadreza, 25, was detained […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND – A second British man has been arrested in Thailand for alleged involvement in violent anti-government “Red Shirt” protests earlier this year, police said Thursday. Keith Wayne Bush, 49, from Manchester was arrested on arson charges at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Wednesday after arriving on a flight from the United Arab Emirates, according […]
BANGKOK, Aug 27 — A security guard was seriously injured by a grenade explosion on Rangnam Road near the King Power duty-free shopping complex in central Bangkok, in the latest attack at the shopping centre. Jetsada Jankrajang, 24-year-old security guard, was sent to Rajavithi Hospital with shrapnel wounds on his head and body. The explosion […]
On August 22, airport security officials in Bangkok detected something suspicious in an oversize suitcase. X rays indicated that along with stuffed animals, the bag contained bones. Indeed, they belonged to a tranquilized two-month-old tiger. The bag, which had been checked by a 31-year old Thai woman, had been en route to Iran. The cargo […]
Two Taiwanese men, alleged to be part of a moneywire scam for which six of their compatriots were arrested last month, were nabbed by the police while they were using several cards to withdraw money at an ATM machine in Bangkok. Hsu Tien Yu, 22, and Chen ChunJung, 30, had been under close watch following […]
