BANGKOK, Feb 22 – Thailand’s Criminal Court approved on Wednesday an extension to the detention of Mohammad Hazaei, one of the suspects in the Sukhumvit bomb incidents last week, and the suspect is being detained at high-security Bangkok Remand Prison. Security was tightened along the route where police brought Hazaei to seek court approval for […]
TRANG, Feb 21 – The Thai authorities on Tuesday seized 111 endangered pangolins in a crackdown on a wildlife smuggling syndicate and arrested two suspects in Thailand’s southern province of Trang. The 111 confiscated scaly ant-eaters, contained in 36 nets, were valued at about Bt1.25 million (about US$42,000), said Pol Col Thammanoon Traitippong, deputy commander […]
BANGKOK, Feb 21- Thailand has formally requested extradition of a man suspected of being involved in Bangkok’s explosions in a Sukhumvit neighbourhood last week to the Malaysian authorities on Tuesday, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi. The Office of the Attorney-General submitted the official request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday at noon, […]
A taxi driver who says he is HIV-positive has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly robbing and raping at least 10 passengers, Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy chief Saroj Phromcharoen police said on Monday. Police received a report from a couple who hired Kaew Sangmuang, the 43-year-old cab driver, to transport them and their belongings, including […]
A physical education teacher in Chaiyaphum Province has been arrested for dealing methamphetamine to students at Baan Koh Krung School. The teacher confessed he started dealing drugs to make extra money, saying his teacher salary wasn’t enough to live on. Residents and parents in Chaiyaphum alerted the police about a shocking crime. They were outraged […]
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Thailand will be ready to submit an extradition request to Malaysian authorities for a suspect allegedly involved in the recent Bangkok explosions by next week, Wanchai Roujanavong, Director-General of International Affairs Department, Office of Attorney General said on Sunday. The office on Friday received a request for cooperation from the Royal […]
BANGKOK, 19 February 2012 (NNT) -As part of an annual joint military exercise Cobra Gold 2012, Thai police and the Navy have joined hands with the U.S. military in a sweeping operation to eradicate drug trafficking in Pattaya . The Provincial Police Region 2, the Royal Thai marines, US’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the […]
Phetchaburi police have asked the provincial court for permission to detain without bail two suspects accused of killing an elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park while they search for the person who hired them and the intended buyer of the elephant’s ivory and other parts. After a 9am press conference at police headquarters, suspected wild-elephant […]
