BANGKOK, Jan 17 – Thailand’s Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered further detention for a dual-national Lebanese-Swedish terror suspect for 12 days for illegally possessing explosive materials. Atris Hussein has been further detained for 12 days at Bangkok Remand Prison from Jan 17-28 pending questioning of about 30 witnesses. Thai police are working with foreign and […]
BANGKOK, Jan 14 – National police chief Pol Gen Prewpan Dhamapong on Saturday denied that Atris Hussein, a 48 year-old Lebanese man with suspected links to a militant group in Lebanon, was detained with urea fertiliser as an explosives ingredient. The man was apprehended for questioning on Friday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport under the immigration […]
BANGKOK, 13 January 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has continued to close down illegal beauty clinics. Just recently, it has closed a clinic in Bangkok-Ramkhamhaeng area,with the hope of clamping down on three more of its branches. Pasit Sakdanarong, Advisor to the Public Health Minister, yesterday led officials from the Department of Health […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Jan 13 – A man was arrested in this southern province for smuggling 180 pangolins, a protected scaly anteater species, Governor Veera Sriwatanatrakul said. Thirty-two year-old suspect Narong Songsukon was driving a pickup truck in the provincial seat when he was apprehended by customs officials. Read more: MCOT
Thai authorities on Friday detained two Lebanese nationals pending investigation in connection with the US’ alert on possible terrorist attack in Bangkok. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said in cooperation with the US, the Thai side found that the they entered the Thai territory recently and were under watch by the Thai side since. Read […]
The Bangkok police bureau’s recent campaign against drug trafficking led to raids on nine communities, which resulted in the arrest of 707 suspects, chief Pol LtGeneral Winai Thongsong told the press yesterday. The suspects included 244 known traffickers, 157 others suspected to be selling narcotics and 300 drug abusers, while 12 people were arrested for […]
Bangkok police seized 73 kg of crystal methamphetamine worth more than 200 million THB at the Southern bus station. The suspects were caught on CCTV. Bangkok, January 4, 2012 [PDN]; Metropolitan Police Bureau, Pol. Lt. Gen. Vinai Thongsong, Commissioner, Pol. Maj. Gen. Saroj Promcharoen, and Deputy Commissioner, Pol. Maj. Gen. Pisit Pisutsak, Talingshan police station, […]
Banglamung Police arrested two suspected drug dealers in East and North Pattaya in the early hours of Saturday who appear to have been controlled by a prison inmate. Police Colonel Somnook announced the arrest of Khun Satit aged 31 following an undercover operation in North Pattaya. He was caught with 22.89g of Crystal Methamphetamine, commonly […]
