Bangkok Metropolitan Police on Thursday arrested Weerapong Nilyakanont, 55, for involving in the Tuesday’s hoax call about bombs being planted at six locations inside Parliament. “The false warning triggered panick on the day the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote for the new speaker,” Metropolitan Region I commander Maj General Wichai Sangprapai said. Since […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4 – Thailand’s immigration police on Thursday arrested a Swedish man who has been hiding in the kingdom for nine years after eluding warrants in Scandinavian countries on 20 million krona fraud case. Carl-Gustav Alexander Tartagni was arrested in Prachuab Khiri Khan’s seaside resort of Hua Hin after concerned agencies in Scandinavian countries […]
Transnational Crime Suppression Police, based at Pattaya Police Station have arrested a Russian couple accused of credit card fraud. A Third man though to be from UK is still at large and is being sought by Police. On Tuesday Afternoon, the Police Unit were made aware of a Russian Man who attempted to buy Gold […]
BANGKOK, 2 August 2011 (NNT) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Protection Police Division have arrested vendors selling fake sex enhancement drugs around Sukhumvit and Khlong Toei areas. The FDA warned anyone not to take those drugs as their lives could be at risk. Vendors were reportedly found to have been […]
BANGKOK, 2 August 2011 (NNT) – Bangkok Metro Police, Police Major General Auepong Komalakul Na Nakorn said over 2000 arrests were made on drug related charges in Bangkok during the police operation against illicit drugs last month. In the 315 operations, police had raided 15,484 homes and 346 communities based on the reports. The operation […]
Thai police have arrested an American, who is wanted in the US for tax evasion, for overstaying visa. Police held a press conference Monday afternoon to announce the arrest of Russell Sherman Broadwell, 61, at the Crime Suppression Division head office. He was arrested in front of a Bangkok hotel in Vadhana district. Read more: […]
BANGKOK, 1 August 2011 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is scheduled to reopen Sanam Luang for public use on 9 August after its renovation, in time for the celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday on 12 August. Following a meeting of BMA executives over the preparation for the reopening of Sanam Luang […]
BANGKOK, July 28 – A Malian man on Thursday was detained at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling three kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice, valued at Bt10.5 million (US$350,000), according to customs officers. Demba Dabo, a Malian national, was apprehended with three kilogrammes of ‘ice’ hidden in car shafts and automotive spare parts […]
