A Thai man looking for female company ended up shooting a man in the leg at a popular pub in North Pattaya in the early hours of Saturday. Police were called to the Damnan Shon Pub on Pattaya Third Road and were told that the injured man, Khun Manop aged 30 had been taken to […]
SAMUT PRAKAN, May 14 — An Iranian national was detained at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport with 2.7 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice,’ worth Bt8 mln (about US$267,000), senior customs said on Saturday. Resa Gholami, 36, was arrested at the arrival terminal of the country’s main international airport, Ekkarat Rattaruj, director of Suvarnabhumi Airport […]
For the first time in several years, Amnesty International acknowledged yesterday that there was at least one prisoner of conscience in Thailand. This was declared in the agency’s recently released 2011 report on human rights, which details how the freedom of expression is being curbed through the use of the emergency decree, the lese majeste […]
Police arrested a suspected wildlife trafficker early Friday who attempted to smuggle live endangered animals, among them leopards and panthers, out of the country in his suitcases, an wildlife protection group said. Noor Mahmoodr, 36, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he prepared to fly first class to […]
SA KAEO, May 8 — Two alleged drug traffickers, including an American, have been apprehended in separate incidents after officials seized a large amount of drugs in their possession, police said Sunday. The 58-year-old US citizen identified as Peter B. Sargent was arrested at Aranyaprathet border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province after Thai rangers, immigration […]
One of Australia’s most wanted men, who is suspected of killing a young Perth father of two, has been captured after almost nine years at large. Anthony Carl Prestidge was extradited from Thailand last night, arriving with major crime detectives at Perth Airport at 7.45am this morning, after spending nine months on remand in Bangkok’s […]
BANGKOK, 2 May 2011 (NNT) – The Court has approved the detention of red-shirt activist and editor of ‘Voice of Thaksin’ magazine Somyos Phrueksakasemsuk over lèse majesté while bail is not allowed due to the severity of the charge and possible escape. Mr Somyos, member of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and […]
A lesbian couple was arrested with possession of Ya-Ice and Ya Ba drugs during the police’s random house inspection. Pattaya, 29th April 29 2011 [PDN]: Police Songtham Naksawat (Police Commander Of Protection Units Of Muang District) and patrol police arrested two drug suspects – Sompan Khumhongsoong, 39 of Chaiyaphum pronvice and her lesbian partner, Suree […]
