Strong winds during Songkran have damaged the homes of more than 1,700 families in the northeast of Thailand. Search on after 20 fishing boats capsize in stormy seas off Nakhon Si Thammarat The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, or DDPM, reports that from April 15th to April 17th there were storms with strong winds […]
A park ranger was fatally shot as he and his colleagues were attempting to stop car thieves from smuggling three stolen vehicles across the Mekong River into Laos from the north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani early this morning (Monday). Ranger killed, two illegal hunters arrested in wildlife sanctuary in Sri Racha According to Kanchit Srinoppawan, […]
Five Cambodians have been arrested for allegedly stealing agarwood from Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park, in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Forest officials accused to misappropriating 65 million baht worth of Agarwood Park officials found 1kg of agarwood chips, knives, saws, a flash light and a chisel in their possession. Full story: thaipbsworld.com By […]
Three police officers in Kalasin have been accused of demanding a bribe of 500,000 baht in exchange for releasing a suspect caught with 2,000 methamphetamine pills. The Kalasin provincial police will form a fact-finding committee to investigate the allegations, Pol Lt Gen Yanyong Vejosot, the chief of Provincial Police Region 4, said on Saturday. The […]
Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) have arrested seven people and have seized a large quantity of assets from two companies, which allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme luring people to invest in mushroom, bee and kratom (an addictive plant) farming, with promises of unrealistically high returns. CCIB spokesman Pol Col Krisana Pattanacharoen said […]
NAKHON PHANOM, March 22 (TNA) – Villagers in Nakhon Phanom province flocked to close their suspected mule accounts after a new law on cybercrime took effect last Friday. After the Royal Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression took effect on March 17, people who open a bank account or register a SIM card for […]
The deputy provincial health chief of Nakhon Ratchasima has been ordered to cease performing his duty and has been transferred to an inactive post at the 9th public health regional office, pending the outcome of an investigation into his alleged involvement in corruption concerning the holding of “virtual” training courses for health officials. The immediate […]
Thai wildlife officials and police intercepted a shipment of 47 macaque monkeys on a pickup truck this morning (Monday), at a checkpoint on Friendship highway in Non Sung district of the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. The two men in the truck were arrested after the officials found the monkeys, which are believed to be […]
