PHUKET: A series of drugs arrests in Krabi led police to arrest major drug dealers in Nakhon Sri Thammarat along with 400,000 methamphetamine (ya bah) pills, Region 8 Police have announced. Maj Gen Nantadet Yoinuan, Deputy Chief Region 8 Police, which are headquartered at the northern end of Phuket, made the announcement at Krabi Provincial […]
PHUKET, Nov 25 (TNA) – One hundred and fifty people have been safely rescued after being stranded on a cruise ship that ran aground near Thailand’s Phi Phi Leh Island. The French cruise ship La Belle Des Oceans was travelling from Lanta Island to Phuket when it hit the underwater rock around 3 am Monday […]
An out of control Russian national was taken into custody after swimming naked onto a yacht at the Seatran ferry terminal in Bang Rak Bay on Koh Samui on Sunday evening. They got in a long tail boat and found 34 year old “Alexander” rummaging around naked for a key on a luxury yacht moored […]
Suspected Thai insurgents shot dead a couple and wounded a toddler Friday in Thailand’s Deep South, in a nighttime attack amid heightened security after gunmen killed 15 people last week at two security outposts in the region, officials said. In Friday’s attack, gunmen opened fire as Anukoon Khunkaew, 60, and his wife, Yupin Khunkaew, 55, […]
A whale shark, which was found dead in the sea near Libong Island of Thailand’s southern coastal province of Trang, has been found to have died from cardiac arrest after its tail became entangled in a rope. The creature, which measured 5.3 metres long, was towed ashore at Hat Yao beach by officials of the […]
SURAT THANI: A Russian man has been arrested on Koh Samui in Surat Thani for overstaying his visa by 2,861 days. Immigration and tourist police inspecting areas in Koh Samui district came across a foreign man on Soi 3, off Mae Nam Road, on Wednesday afternoon. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
Two people were killed and three others injured during a shootout in a Chanthaburi courtroom this morning (Tuesday). The dead were identified as Mr. Bancha Parameekanaporn, a 61-year old lawyer and Mr. Vijai Sookrom, 51. The alleged gunman, a retired police officer identified as Pol Maj-Gen Thanin Chantharatip, was among the injured. Full story: thaipbsworld.com […]
PHANG NGA: A 30-year-old Thai man is facing a charge of reckless driving causing death after his motorbike struck a Swedish woman crossing the main highway through Khao Lak, north of Phuket, on Saturday night (Nov 9). The accident happened at about 7pm, Khao Lak Police Chief Col Suwat Kaewprom told The Phuket News. Full […]
