Following orders from the new Pattaya Police Chief, Police Colonel Nantawoot, a team of Pattaya Police Officers assisted by civil volunteers, known in Thai as “O-Po-Po-Lor”, conducted a late night operation on Wednesday to clear Pattaya Beach of Prostitutes and others suspected of loitering with intent to engage in anti-social or criminal activity. A total […]
CHONBURI, Feb 23 (TNA) – Thai police on Tuesday arrested a South Korean man charged with defrauding his fellow countrymen of more than US$ 600,000 (about Bt20 million) after fleeing Korea to live in Thailand’s eastern seaside town of Pattaya in Chonburi province for six years. Kim Dong Hyun, 48, who was under a South […]
A New Zealand national has been arrested in Pattaya for impersonating a SWAT police officer and carrying live automatic firearms in public. Upon his arrest he was in possession of a large cache of automatic weapons and ammunition. Pattaya, the 18th of February 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 6:00pm on Thursday Police Colonel Atisawit Kamonrat (Chon-Buri […]
Chonburi immigration police arrest member of the Mad Dog gang after reports that he fled Belgium following criminal charges. Pattaya 18th February 2010[PDN]: Police Colonel Atiswit Kamonrat Superintendent of Chonburi Immigration, Pattaya and his team stormed a house in Classic Village, Moo.13, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi after reports that a Belgian National whose visa was evoked […]
A day of mass match-making takes over the seaside city. In other news: Wear pink, not red, say Chinatown leaders. If there’s any city in the world that should be competing for a title relating to light-speed love encounters, it’s Pattaya. The seaside city, infamous for its red-light nightlife, will do just that this Saturday […]
Pattaya, Chon Buri – Police Wednesday arrested a French man for allegedly proving boys under 18 for sex services. Jean Eric Lopez, 47, was arrested inside Soi Sunee Plaza in Bang Lamung district. Police were alerted by officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to arrest Lopez. The FBI officials informed the Thai police that […]
An Australian man on Monday will not fight Australia’s bid to extradite him from Thailand to Victoria over the theft of a $1 million ring, his lawyer says. George Georgio, 30, from Northcote in Victoria, is due to appear in a Bangkok criminal court on Monday after he was arrested at Thailand’s seaside resort of […]
Informed sources from several police divisions have told the Pattaya Times that a very serious crackdown will begin next month to catch foreign business people who are financial backers of gay bars, beer bars and a go-gos where there is sex for sale in Pattaya. These bars charge a “bar fine” to the customer and […]
