Pattaya police continue the crackdown on foreign-related bars in an effort to change Pattaya’s international image and to squelch the use and sale of drugs in Pattaya bars. In the latest raid, which is one of a series of expected police actions, the bars on notorious Soi 6 where many foreigners go to relax and […]
Over half a million British ex-pat pensioners are now being deprived of their entitlement to annual increases to their state old-age pensions due to new British government regulations with many of these living in Pattaya and throughout Thailand. Many others are receiving the increases by stating that they are still residing in Britain when they […]
BANGKOK, Jan 19 — Thailand’s Tourist Police Division arrested three Taiwanese nationals involved in operating a call centre scam syndicate perpetrating their crimes on residents of Taiwan and mainland China. The three suspects–identified as Chen Jui Lin, Kuo Yu Heng and Yen Yi Chun–were arrested at an apartment in the eastern province of Chonburi’s Bang […]
Communications between the United States Embassy in Bangkok and the United States State Department, released by the whistleblower website Wikileaks and featured in the United Kingdom-based Guardian newspaper, highlight a disturbing growing trend of foreign gangs operating in and out of Pattaya. The communication stated: “Thailand enjoys a rapid expansion of Russian tourists visiting Thailand […]
As the country’s national symbol, you would expect the people of Thailand to show nothing but respect for their elephants. But the once-majestic beasts are clearly still viewed by some as mere circus performers. In this case, they have been trained to ride tricycles – and steer using their trunks. Kwanmueng, seven, and Sarai, nine, […]
Two Thai men impersonating police searched a German tourist and robbed him of Bt300,000 in cash at gunpoint on Friday evening. Following a report of the theft, police rushed to Soi Thepprasit 7 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district at about 6pm. Michael Maslankowski, 43, told police he was riding a motorbike in the soi […]
A road crash left two dead and five injured after a car failed to stop at a Police Checkpoint in North Pattaya. In the early hours of Saturday Morning a White Isuzu Pick-up failed to stop at the checkpoint and left the area at a high rate of speed. Police gave chase and caught up […]
One foreign national and 13 Thais were arrested by police following a raid on a complex of low-rent houses south Pattaya. On Thursday morning a team of local police officers went to an area in Soi Khopai in south Pattaya which is renowned for having people who like to engage in illegal gambling and illicit […]
