At least 30 passengers were injured, one seriously, when a Bangkok to Chiang Mai overnight express train derailed in Den Chai district of Phrae province on Wednesday morning. State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Prapas Chongsanguan said the derailment occurred about 3am between Pak Pan and Kaeng Luang railway stations, between kilometre markers 340-341 of […]
A group of Chinese tourists almost died in the fire burning bus, they escaped out of the bus riotously, there were 3 people got slightly injured. Nakhon Pathom – July 4, 2013 [PDN]; It was reported that a fire broke out on a tour bus that was taking a group of Chinese tourists to a […]
BANGKOK, 6 July 2013 (NNT) – 500,000 pills of methamphetamine, along with 10 kilograms of crystal meth, were seized in Ayutthaya Province. Two drug smugglers were also arrested. Two drug smugglers in Ayutthaya identified as Sompong Kheow-pra-in and Bayan Pupetch were arrested for possessing 500,000 meth pills and more than 10 kilograms of crystal meth […]
CHIANG MAI, July 6 – Thai police apprehended two Hmong ethnic minorities for smuggling 300,000 methamphetamine pills from a northern province en route to the capital. Provincial Police Region 5 commander Pol Lt Gen Suthep Dechraksa said the pair of Hmong, identified as Suchart Seaya, 23, and Saensam Saelee, 20, were arrested in Chiang Rai […]
CHIANG RAI, July 3 – The Thai police arrested three suspected drug dealers at a resort in the northern province of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district and seized 8.5 kilogrammes of heroin. Pol Maj Chamnan Ruadrew, Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau Region 5, questioned the three Myanmar national drug suspects — one woman and […]
NAKHON PHANOM, July 1 – Thai authorities seized 165 kilogrammes of marijuana, with a street value of five million baht, as it was being smuggled across the Mekong River in this northeastern border province. Nakhon Phanom’s Thatphanom district chief Korakot Thamrongwongsawat said Nakhon Phanom naval unit on patrol duty along the Mekong River found a […]
Investigation police officers from Pai district from Mae Hong Son province were able to arrest a Danish man who smuggled heroin and marijuana or cannabis. MAEHONGSON – June 23, 2013 [PDN]; At 11.30 PM, Police Lt. General Tanu Inprom of Pai polices station together with over 20 tourist and investigation police officers went to arrest […]
BANGKOK, June 17 – An army helicopter made an emergency landing today in Nakhon Nayok province with five crew members reportedly injured during the crash landing. Army deputy spokesman Col Sirichan Ngathong confirmed the incident, adding that the Huey helicopter belonged to the Lop Buri Army Aviation Centre. Read more: MCOT
