BANGKOK, June 11 — Thai police have arrested two foreign men — a Nigerian and a Ghanaian – and charged them with drug possession and trafficking, police said. Police said they apprehended a 36-year-old Nigerian man identified as Michael Ankrah and Yeboh Eric, 38, of Ghana in front of a house in Bangkok’s Hua Mark […]
Hundreds of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals have been arrested across Asia in an international operation targeting telephone scam artists, officials in several countries said Friday. Most of the arrests were in Indonesia and Cambodia where 177 and 166 people respectively were held in a cross-border crackdown on criminals using Internet phone services to trick thousands […]
Five Cambodian monks arrested in Sri Racha Police from Sri Racha were called to a local temple by the abbot on Tuesday afternoon where they arrested five Cambodian monks who had entered Thailand illegally. The five men had arrived at the temple from Sa Kaeo province the previous day and asked the abbot if they […]
Sukhothai police arrested two men from Chiang Rai on charges of possessing one million methamphetamine pills on Wednesday night, Sukhothai police chief Pol Col Sirin Chantaravanich said. Pol Col Sirin told reporters that Snr Sgt Maj Chaithawat Suthamsiriyothin was driving his car home from Mae Lum checkpoint on the Denchai-Sri Satchanalai road when he saw […]
BANGKOK, 4 June 2011 (NNT)-The Royal Thai Police has increased security for the upcoming general election, assuring that police will be authorized to arrest violence instigators within 3 days. Gamblers who place bets on the election results will also be prosecuted. According to National Police Chief Police General Wichean Potphosri, the assessment on the likelihood […]
Chiang Mai’s fledgling music scene has suffered a setback of late due to the crackdown on foreign musicians playing live music in the city. A number of arrests were made during the months of March and April at Guitarman and Northgate, nightspots that have gained cult status within the foreign community, among local Thais as […]
A United Arab Emirates national arrested last month with baby leopards in his carry-on luggage has fled Thailand under suspicious circumstances, police confirmed Wednesday. Noor Mahmood, 36, was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on May 13 as he prepared to fly first class to Dubai, after police found four baby leopards, one marmoset, one gibbon […]
The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for murder, robbery and attempted rape of a woman hotel receptionist in 2009. Suwit Boonpairote, 26, a native of Ubon Ratchathani province, confessed he robbed Sasiprapa Wingwon and killed her after attempting to rape her. Read more: Bangkok Post
