Seven policemen have each been sentenced to eight years’ jail and fined 800,000 baht for extorting money from a drug dealer in Yala and selling seized methamphetamines to local youths. The Yala provincial court passed sentence on the seven men on Wednesday, Thai media reported. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
Army troops and police have apprehended four men onsuspicion of involvement in the killing of a police officer in Kok Pho district of Thailand’s southern province of Pattani on Monday night. Informed sources say that police and military investigators, using CCTV footage, traced the motorcycle, ridden by two assailants when they killed Pol Lt Veerasak […]
Flooding caused by several days of heavy rain has forced the cancellation of some southern train services, and others are stopping short of their destinations. The State Railway of Thailand said on Wednesday that 12 train services were affected because of water on the tracks and at railway stations. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST […]
PATTANI: A soldier was wounded by a motorcycle gunman in Sai Buri district on Tuesday evening, police said. The attack occurred about 6pm on Highway 42, near Ban Pho Moh in tambon Trobon. Full story: Bangkok Post Abdullah Benjakat BANGKOK POST
TRAT: Two rescue workers and an injured man they were carrying died when their rescue vehicle struck a concrete pole and plunged into a reservoir in Muang district on Saturday morning. The fatal crash occurred at the See Siad reservoir in tambon Wang Krachae, said Pol Capt Lerdsak Rattanapitak, a duty officer at the Muang […]
SONGKHLA: A Malaysian policeman was killed and another wounded in a clash with kratom smugglers on the Malaysian side of the border opposite Sadao district in the early hours of Tuesday. Two Thai smugglers were arrested. Three other Thais were wounded, fled to Thailand and were caught. Full story: Bangkok Post Assawin Pakkawan BANGKOK POST
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Visitors to this southern province could spend as much as 800 million baht during the long weekend as they flock to pay their respects to the most popular child spirit in the country. The figure represents the expected outlay on accommodation and other activities related to tourism during the four-day holiday, said […]
PHUKET: Krabi officials are still searching for a stray dog identified that bit an 8-year-old South African boy at Ao Nang Beach on Wednesday (Nov 18). The boy, Max Smith, suffered a wound on his left calf that an officer at the Tourist Assistance Centre (TAC) in Krabi described as not serious. Full story: thephuketnews.com […]
