A 42-year-old Swiss man, who was wanted in his home country for intentionally spreading a communicable disease and was captured in Surat Thani’s Koh Samui on March 14, will soon be deported to face prosecution in Switzerland, Tourist Police Bureau deputy head Maj-General Surachet Hakpan told the press on Friday. The arrest of Swiss national […]
A 19-year old Good Mamaritan drowned in a klong in Khiri Rat Nikhom district of Surat Thani after he rescued two boys from drowning on Thursday (March 29). Witnesses said that a group of boys and girls, aged between 8-15, went swimming in Klong Pumduang in Ban Bang Phra, Tambon Yanyao and, out of a […]
Suspected insurgents attacked a rangers’ post in Yala’s Raman district early Friday. Police said no members of Company 4116 of the 41st Rangers Regiment were injured in the 5.30am attack on their post in Ban Ta Nohpuyoh, Tambon Kero. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
The famous Maya Bay on Phi Phi Island in Krabi province will be closed four months from June to September for nature to recover. The closure of the world’s famous bay was agreed upon at the meeting of the marine national park consultation committee yesterday. Full story: thaipbs.or.th By Thai PBS
The Krabi Provincial Court on Wednesday sentenced “Bang Fut” and five other convicts to death for the execution-style murders of eight members of a family that shocked the nation last year. The ruling by the court was witnessed by the Royal Thai Police commissioner Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda at the court room packed with families […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Five people have been arrested for the murder of an engineer who worked for the Krabi provincial administration, including the victim’s jealous wife. One suspect still remains at large in the fatal shooting of Montri Uppala in Nakhon Si Thammarat in early 2017. Full story: Bangkok Post NUJAREE RAEKRUN BANGKOK POST
Chumphon police manning a road checkpoint intercepted a truck transporting 700 kilograms of crystal meth (“ice”) from Chiang Mai early Wednesday. Driver Ampol Sitthiboontha, a resident of Chiang Mai’s Doi Lor district, was arrested. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
TRAT: A man was arrested after leading police on a long car chase across town in Muang district on Monday night until his vehicle overturned. From about 9.30 pm, police chased a man driving a Toyota Altis with Chanthaburi plates. Police had been tipped off he may have been carrying an AK-47 rifle. Full story: […]
