Police say the arrest of a Nigerian man this weekend is the latest in an ongoing battle against foreigners who are flooding the popular tourist destination with cocaine and other drugs. Chinedu Victor Okeke, 45, was arrested on Saturday after jumping out of the window of his rented, climbing over a fence and attempting to […]
PHETCHABURI: Residents in Muang district are scrambling to put up sandbags and build concrete barriers to brace for floods which could happen Monday or Tuesday from the Kaeng Krachan Dam spillover, while authorities are racing to reduce the impact from possible flooding. Royal Irrigation Department (RID) chief Thongplew Kongchan said the Kaeng Krachan Dam in […]
SURAT THANI: Fifteen passengers were injured when a tour bus heading from Bangkok to Phuket overturned in Khirirat Nikhom district of this southern province on Sunday morning, police said. The accident occurred at about 4.15am at kilometre marker 45 near Ban Khlong Khan in tambon Tham Niap. Full story: Bangkok Post SUPAPONG CHAOLAN BANGKOK POST
A combined team of military and police officers have arrested two men suspected of involvement in the bombing of ATM machines in Pattani’s Yarang district on May 20. Soldiers from the 22nd Ranger Task Force and provincial police, including forensic medicine experts, were deployed to search two targets in Tambon Khlong Mai of Yarang district […]
The committee for special economic zone development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme has approved a 30-kilometre extension of the high-speed railway that will connect three airports to Rayong province, for an estimated 10-billion-baht expenditure. The 224-billion-baht high-speed railway project will connect Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-tapao airports on a 220km route. The route […]
A hotel worker was killed while resting in his rented room after a nightshift in Krabi’s Muang district, police said on Wednesday. Police said the wife and daughter found the body of Pornsak Saisin, 41, at their rented room in Tambon Tapprik in Muang district. They said his smartphone had been stolen. Full story: The […]
Some 100 houses in Trat province were flooded when their villages in the Borai district were hit by mountain runoff early on Saturday, officials said. Local villagers and officials said several villages in Tambon Nonsee and Tambon Bor Ploy’s downtown were hit by the runoff at around 1.30am. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
HUA HIN: Eight family members, including two children, narrowly escaped death when their car burst into flames after being hit by a truck on a bypass road in Hua Hin on Saturday. The accident took place near the turn-off leading to the Hua Hin Sam Phan Nam floating market at around 12.05pm, said police. Full […]
