Police seized more than 400,000 methamphetamine tablets and arrested 172 people in a week-long crime sweep in two northern border provinces. Pol Lt Gen Thanitsak Teerasawat, chief of Provincial Police Region 5, on Wednesday announced the arrests and seizure of 447,262 speed pills. Read more: Bangkok Post
A fully booked Nok Air flight from Lampang airport has been cancelled after a door could not be securely locked. Airport ground staff and pilots of Flight DD8505 bound for Bangkok’s Don Mueang cancelled the departure on Friday after failing to fix the problem with the left rear door. Read more: Bangkok Post
PITSANULOK — An ex-convict was arrested minutes after he stole a smartphone from a 75-year-old foreign tourist at a prominent temple in Pitsanulok province today. Sornchai Chaengsakul, 39, said he tried to steal the phone because he was recently released from prison and did not have any money. Source: khaosodenglish.com Khaosod English
More than 100 tigers and protected bird species in Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua, popularly known as the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province were impounded by authorities following complaints that the temple was alleged to engage in illegal wildlife trading. The impounding of all wild animals and protected birds was ordered after a combined force […]
KANCHANABURI, 1 February 2015 (NNT) – A fire has broken out on a locomotive of a Bangkok-Singapore tourist train this morning with no injuries reported. The locomotive of a 17-bogey tourist train caught fire at 8:30 am this morning after leaving Kanchanaburi station. Read more: NNT
Kanchanaburi provincial court has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Briton suspected of murdering his Thai girlfriend and stuffing her body in a red luggage which was later dumped into the Mae Klong river in Kanchanaburi province. The suspect, identified as Shane Kenneth Looker, 45, was believed to have left Thailand already. Read […]
Police Friday arrested two Cambodian women who allegedly ordered pirated goods and smuggled them into Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district. Police arrested Kunteer Pear and Chan Sofarn after finding a total of more than 10,000 pirated products hidden in seven carts. Read more: The Nation
CHIANG RAI — A car and electric pole in Chiang Rai province were damaged by a sky lantern filled with homemade explosives today. The incident took place in front of a governmental tax office on Den Ha – San Khong Noi Road at around 1 pm, police say. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
