A Briton was arrested at his home in central Chiang Mai on Monday for allegedly sexually abusing Thai minors, videotaping them and posting it on the internet. Police armed with a search warrant raided the home of Simon Jeremy Merrington Briscoe, 64, in tambon Chang Puak of Muang district and charged him with abusing minors, […]
A Thai Smile Airways plane was slightly damaged when one of its wings hit the Gate 5 gangway at Chiang Mai international airport this morning. But all the 48 passengers on board Flight WE150 from Don Mueang airport were not hurt. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
A Chinese family were recovering from a terrifying ordeal after a male elephant ran amok, gored his mahout to death and then tore off into the jungle with them still on his back, in Chiang Mai on Wednesday. The frightened tourists, Chinese parents travelling with their child, were rescued by another mahout who went into […]
CHIANG MAI — About a year ago Cpt. Rangsan Charoenkart introduced himself to police authorities up in Chiang Mai province as an army liaison. Showing up one month after the military coup in a crisp uniform, he attached himself to the police for drug interdiction efforts and even rode shotgun on a number of raids. […]
hree Ukrainians were arrested for allegedly using fake electronic cards to withdraw Bt1.5 million from ATMs in Chiang Mai’s Muang district, police announced Wednesday. Yevhen Vorontsev, 36; Andrii Herashohenko, 23; and Dmytro Kuchin, 20; were arrested on Tuesday afternoon in three separate locations, while their compatriot accomplice identified as Dmyteo Vlad, 31, is still at […]
The Department of Special Investigation has seized ore worth 250 million baht from a company in Chiang Mai found to have links with Supachai Srisuppa-aksorn, a key suspect in the 12-billion-baht ive (KCUC). Pol Lt Col Pakorn Sucheevakul, director of the DSI’s Bureau of Financial and Banking Crime, on Friday went to tambon Sanpong in […]
CHIANG MAI – Police in northern Thailand are searching for a Thai man accused of committing two rapes and one attempted rape in the past month. Pol.Maj.Gen. Montree Samboonnanond, commander of Chiang Mai police force, said the three incidents took place over the past several weeks near a highway in Doi Saket district. Read more: […]
CHIANG MAI — A Chinese businessman told police in northern Thailand today that a man who claimed to be a police officer threatened to kill him if he did not fork over 4.3 million baht. The businessman, Yian Tong, and his Thai wife, Mananthacha Kasema, filed the complaint with the Fifth Region Police in Chiang […]
