A Bt100,000 reward will be offered for information on the hiding place of a couple charged with detaining and torturing a 12-year-old Karen girl after they failed to report by Monday’s deadline, police said. We will forfeit their bond and seek arrest warrants for them,” said Pol Colonel Akkasorn Srisupat, superintendent of Muang Kamphaeng Phet […]
CHIANG RAI, Feb 15 – Thai authorities seized 50kg of crystal methamphetamine, popularly known as ‘ice’ and 2.2 million methamphetamine tablets after a gunfight between Thai police and members of a drug syndicate on Mae Chan-Chiang Saen Road in Chiang Rai’s Mae Chan district Thursday night. Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested and taken into […]
Sympathy and support is pouring in for a Karen girl who was allegedly kidnapped, enslaved, tortured and scarred over half of her body by a couple in Kamphaeng Phet. Her alleged attackers, Natee Taeng-orn and Rattanakorn Piyaworatham, have denied any wrongdoing and been released on bail. According to neighbours, the couple has not been seen […]
LAMPANG, Feb 10 – Dust particle levels in Thailand’s northern provinces have increased, while Chiang Mai’s airport has to turn on spotlights along the whole runway area due to poor visibility. Regarding the haze and smog situation, the average dust particles recorded in northern provinces has risen, with Phrae at 112 microgrammes/cubic metre and Lampang […]
BANGKOK, 4 February 2013 (NNT) – Several areas in the provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai experienced hailstorms following heavy rains Sunday evening. A Hailstorm was reported in the district of Wieng Haeng and Doi Saket in Chiang Mai province yesterday. According to Chiang Mai’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Director Komsan Suwan-ampha, […]
A 63-year-old Belgian leading a tour group of 30 people in Northern Thailand died in his hotel room in Chiang Rai province. Mr. Rudolf Urbain was suffering from heart disease, and had visited Thai hospitals twice during the trip for his chest pains. Police assumed he died of a heart attack. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
Thirty-six teenage motorcycle street racers were arrested in Nakhon Pathom’s Buddhamonthon district on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Pol Lt Col Thongchai Natesakhawat, deputy chief superintendent of Buddhamonthon police station, said more than 60 police officers and volunteers were deployed to Aksa Road to take action against the illegal street racers. Read more: Bangkok […]
NAKHON SAWAN – A 38-year-old woman driver crashed into a tree after driving through a police checkpoint, because the vehicle contained her husband’s dead body. Her elder brother had killed him in a drunken fight, so her brother and her son were helping her look for a place to dump the body. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
