SONGKHLA: Five men have been sentenced for holding up a car dealer in 2017 and stealing five pickup trucks for use as car bombs. One was given the death penalty, three life imprisonment and one 32 months in jail. Full story: Bangkok Post ASSAWIN PAKKAWAN BANGKOK POST
Police in Southern Thailand has made an arrest of four Iranians who were touring around Thailand stealing from shops. The thieves included a father and daughter who did the thefts and friends who were the driver and lookout man. Full story: thepattayanews.com The Pattaya News
The Hua Hin municipality vowed on Tuesday to investigate and crack down on beach massage operators for encroaching on and blocking the popular beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Jirawat Prammanee, clerk of the municipality, said he ordered municipal officials to check on the operators after seeing posts from a Hua Hin resident showing the […]
NARATHIWAT: A police officer was severely wounded and a passing civilian killed in an ambush in Sungai Kolok district, Narathiwat province, late on Monday night. Concealed gunmen opened fire from the roadside as the officer rode passed on his motorcycle in tambon Pasemat around 9.55pm. A man passing through the area on a motorcycle at […]
PHANG NGA — Hundreds of Moken tribe members were evacuated after nearly 70 homes on Koh Surin were destroyed in a major fire Sunday night. At around 9:30pm, officials were alerted to a fire breaking out in the Phang Nga province island’s Moken Village. Under heavy winds, the fire quickly spread and destroyed about 65 […]
After a 23 year absence from the beach in Thai Muang district of the southern Thai province of Phang-nga, Ridley’s turtles have returned to the beaches to breed, causing excitement among park officials. On Friday, Mr. Jatuporn Burutpat, director-general of the Marine and Coastal Resources Department, said that he had been informed by the chief […]
A woman was killed and her husband was severely injured on Thursday when their motorcycle was hit by an unknown vehicle as they were riding to their rubber plantation in Phatthalung. Police said nobody saw the incident take place, but passers-by spotted the body of Kanong Kachasing, 58, lying beside Wichian Kachasingm, 64, who was […]
The headless body of a man was found on a remote spot on a beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan province early on Tuesday, say police. A local fisherman found the body at half-past midnight. It was lying face down, partially covered in sand, and was wearing red underwear. He was found at Ban Khok Tahome […]
