Laotian Woman arrested in Thai border drug bust

Nong Khai – A Laotian woman has been arrested for the alleged possession of crystal methamphetamine worth Bt3 million, Customs Department officials said Tuesday. The arrest of Vientiane resident Ponchan Bandawong, 29, was made at 6.30 am at the Thai-Laotian Friendship Bridge checkpoint in Nong Khai’s Muang district after customs officials allegedly found 1 kilogram […]

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Policeman nabbed for shooting motorists in Bangkok

Police arrested a suspended police officer for allegedly shooting and wounding many motorists on Ratchadapisek Road on December 23. Police Lance Corporal Thirayu Phetmeekha, 28, was nabbed in his home town in Songkhla province, the media were told yesterday. He has allegedly confessed that he got drunk after attending a wedding party in Bangkok’s Huai […]

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Wanted Frenchman arrested in Bangkok

A Frenchman wanted on charges of trafficking in cocaine and marijuana in France was arrested by immigration police at a rented apartment on Lat Phrao 101 Road in Bangkok on Wednesday. Immigration bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Wibul Bangthamai, said David Sellem, 30, was arrested at the request of the French embassy in Bangkok. Read […]

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Two Filipinos arrested in Bangkok for robing foreign tourists

Two Filipinos were arrested for allegedly drugging several tourists to steal their valuables at Bangkok attractions, while a Cambodian man and a Vietnamese man were arrested for pick-pocketing, Tourist Police Division Commander Pol Maj Gen Adis Ngamjitsuksri told a press conference Saturday. Following complaints filed by Japanese tourists that they were drugged and robbed by […]

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