BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Thai Police are seeking court approval to issue an arrest warrant for the fifth suspect possibly involved in the explosions in Bangkok’s Sukhumvit area on Tuesday, according to Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat, deputy national police chief overseeing the case. Gen Pansiri told reporters on Saturday after a meeting of investigators that […]
CHON BURI, 18 February 2012 (NNT) – The Chon Buri Governor has convened a meeting with security officials, tour agencies and hotel and guesthouse operators to discuss security measures following the bomb attacks by Iranian nationals in Bangkok. The move comes after a report that the assailants earlier stayed at a Pattaya guesthouse but the […]
BANGKOK, Feb 17 – Thai police are seeking information on two more suspects possibly connected with Bangkok blasts after witnesses confirmed seeing a sixth suspect, Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat said Friday. Gen Pansiri said police are seeking court approval for an arrest warrant for the fifth suspect, identified as 52-year-old Iranian Nikkhahfard […]
A Laos national was allegedly scammed out of 21 Million Baht by a group of three foreign nationals who used a popular email scam technique to persuade the victim to send the money which would be used to obtain paperwork which would unlock funds totaling 2 Million US Dollars held in a United Nations account. […]
BANGKOK, 16 February 2012 (NNT) – Thai National Police Chief Police General Prewpan Dhamapong has ordered tight security at international airports across Thailand following Israel’s advice to prevent another bomb attacks. The Police Commissioner General revealed that one of the bomb suspects, Mr. Mohammad Hazaei, showed sign of distress during the interrogation and wouldn’t eat […]
Thai Police will seek an arrest warrant for a fifth suspect in Tuesday’s bomb explosions in Bangkok based on information from eyewitnesses and security camera footage, deputy police chief Pansiri Prapawat said on Thursday. Pol Gen Pansiri said the fifth suspect was also a man of middle-eastern appearance. The other four suspects have been identified […]
Police arrested 13 drug traffickers and users at a raid in Soi Ruamchit, Bangkok Thursday and seized marijuana, a fake gun, drug taking tools and vehicles allegedly used to deliver drugs. One of the drug dealers caught had marijuana stored under his bed, in a chicken coop as well as on trees. Read more: The […]
BANGKOK, Feb 16 – Two Iranian men were detained at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi main international airport for smuggling crystal methamphetamine, known as ‘ice,’ valued at Bt3.2 million (nearly US$107,000), according to the Thai Customs Department Mohammad Khojasteh Khatonabad, 19, and Haghighatmirashrafi Hamed, 22, were arrested with 905 grammes of crystal meth late Wednesday evening on arrival […]
