The Immigration chief of the southern province of Ranong was transferred to an inactive post in the Immigration Bureau after Myanmar accused Ranong immigration police of slow service for 200 Myanmar tourists. The Immigration Bureau said on Monday that acting immigration police commissioner Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang last Friday transferred Pol Col Weerayos Karoonyatorn, […]
SONGKHLA: Five border patrol policemen were injured when their armoured truck was attacked with two bombs installed in 15-kilogramme gas cylinders in Thepa district late Sunday night. A police squad travelled to check two houses belonging to Amnuay Yodkaeo, the 49-year-old assistant head of Ban Khuan Ran village in tambon Tha Muang, after gunfire erupted […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A nurse and her boyfriend have been arrested and assets worth over 15 million baht seized for their involvement in the drug trade, following raids on two premises in Muang district. A team of 30 local police, officials and defence volunteers searched a room in a block of nurses’ flats on Maharat […]
One person was killed and three others injured in two separate shootings in the southernmost province of Pattani on Thursday evening. In Sai Buri district, a Narathiwat-based paramilitary ranger volunteer Pathompong Kaewthong, 24, and his wife Nureehan Dengla, 22, were shot and wounded in Tambon Kadunong while riding home on their motorcycle after shopping at […]
KRABI — Aviation authorities promised Tuesday to look into a near collision between two planes on the runway in Krabi province. According to the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, an airplane flown by AirAsia was about to land at Krabi airport last night, when it was abruptly told to abort because a Thai Airways plane was […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Fire engulfed four villas at a famous resort in Hua Hin district, but all staff members and guests are safe. The fire at Dhevan Dara Resort and Spa started at 11.40am on Sunday. The fire appeared to have started in a patch of weeds outside the compound. A guest villa close to […]
PHANG NGA: An Australian man is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed multiple times following an altercation at a bar in Phang Nga in the early hours of Thursday morning (Apr 18). Maj Charan Srisarak of Khao Lak Police Station, who was notified of the incident at about 12:50am, explained that investigations revealed that […]
KRABI: A member of a boat crew has been detained and charged with the rape of a British tourist on Koh Phi Phi. Deputy police spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen today (Apr 18) announced the arrest of the man, whose name was withheld, by police on Wednesday on the island, off the coast of Krabi. Full story: […]
