SURAT THANI: A 35-year-old Russian man has been arrested at a pier on Koh Samui for allegedly using fake credit cards to buy goods on the resort island. Eight counterfeit credit cards were found in his possession. The arrest came after a bank employee alerted police to suspected irregularities in the use of credit cards […]
The head of Thailand’s delegation involved in peace talks with southern separatist rebels told BenarNews on Friday that he hoped to resume the Malaysia-facilitated talks in July or August, if the coronavirus pandemic further subsides in the neighboring countries. Direct negotiations between the Thai government and Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) rebels opened in Kuala Lumpur […]
NARATHIWAT: Police have arrested a man and his pregnant wife for a 78,000 baht snatch-and-run robbery at a gold shop in Bacho district on Monday. Sulkiflee Sani and his seven-month pregnant wife Waeba Tayeh were taken into custody at their house in Moo 6 village of tambon Bareh Tai on Monday evening. Full story: Bangkok […]
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a decomposing female body, believed to be that of a missing Ukrainian tourist, found in a forest on Samui Island yesterday. Ms. Orla Frolova, 32, was reported missing to Borpood police on May 25th by her boyfriend, who was taken to the crime scene in an […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A senior regional officer of the Tourism Police Bureau has been transferred to headquarters pending investigation after social media showed his helicopter landing inside the compound of a famous temple. Tourism Police chief Pol Lt Gen Chettha Komolwattana signed the order moving Pol Maj Gen Krissak Songmoolnak, chief of the Tourist Police […]
SONGKHLA: Five people, including a young woman carrying a baby and a pregnant woman, were caught using drugs during a raid on a rented house in Thepha district on Saturday. A team of local officials and volunteers surrounded the house in tambon Sakom on Saturday after receiving information that some people were using it to […]
SURAT THANI, June 5 (TNA) – Nearly 100 hotels on the tourism island of Koh Samui are for sale due to the negative impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Tourism on Koh Samui has been quiet for over two months because the government ordered hotels to suspend service on April 7 to control the […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Police say they have enough evidence to prove a mother killed her daughter so she could get her land. Pol Col Somporn Prisawanit, chief of the Bang Khan station, said on Thursday that police had clear evidence that Prateep Jindawong, 54, used a screwdriver to murder her 29-year-old daughter Chonthira Jindawong in […]
