CHIANG RAI, April 2 (TNA) – Police seized more than 100 grenades and 6,000 M16 bullets destined for Myanmar and arrested six suspects including an air force sergeant. Inspecting the weapons at the Mae Sai police station in Mae Sai district of the northern province, deputy national police chief Pol Gen Suchart Theerasawat said Mae […]
Police and military in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai have seized more than 6,000 rounds of M16 ammunition and 52 hand grenades, shipped from the eastern province of Chon Buri via a private logistics company and believed to be destined for anti-Myanmar rebel forces near the Thai border. Employees at the delivery service in […]
About 3,000 ethnic Karen people have taken refuge on the Thai border, in Mae Sariang district of Thailand’s northern province of Mae Hong Son, after their villages were bombed by Myanmar army aircraft on Sunday. Local officials in Mae Sariang said that the Karen have taken refuge at three locations in Mae Khong sub-district, as […]
BANGKOK, March 3 (TNA) – Police arrested a singer-turned-activist suspected of torching the property in front of its Klongprem Central Prison. Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, better known as Ammy The Bottom Blues, was arrested at an unregistered rented room in Ayutthaya province and he was brought to Bangkok. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
PHITSANULOK, March 2 (TNA) – A local shabu-shabu restaurant is attracting customers with marijuana dishes. Supatra Duang-nga, the owner of the restaurant, said that after marijuana was excluded from the government’s list of narcotics, she started to use marijuana as an ingredient for many dishes including soup, spicy salad and ground pork wraps. Full story: […]
AYUTTHAYA: A knife-wielding man who ran amok at a petrol station in Phachi district was shot dead by two police officers who were also injured in the attack in the early hours of Saturday. Pol Col Kanthapong Ninkham, chief of Phachi police, said a fact-finding panel would be set up to look into the shooting. […]
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) – A Thai woman, 45, was arrested for sending illegal Myanmar migrants to the Central Shrimp Market of Samut Sakhon province, the epicenter of the new COVID-19 wave in the country. Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, commissioner of the Royal Thai Police Office, said Mrs Ratree Wechasuwan, aka Jay Phet, was arrested […]
BANGKOK, Feb 11 (TNA) – The daily new COVID-19 cases soared by as many as 37 in Tak province alone. Dr Apisamai Srirangson, assistant spokesperson for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration, said the new cases in Tak were among the 201 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Thailand on Feb 10. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
