AN AUSTRALIAN tourist is being held in Phuket Prison after being accused of stealing a pair of Rayban sunglasses from a duty-free store as he was about to board a flight at Phuket International Airport. The man, Martin Gilman Ferreira, 31, was arrested in the departure lounge at Phuket airport about 6am yesterday. Officers from […]
EFFORTS are being made to speed the processing of a young Russian tourist who found himself caught up in Phuket’s islandwide crackdown on weapons and drugs. Phuket’s Police Commander, Major General Pekad Tantipong, asked the Superintendent of Kamala Police Station, Colonel Nattaphakin Kawnchaiperk, to expedite the case, and to let the major general know the […]
BANGKOK, 5 January 2011 (NNT)-In its bid to secure the freedom of the seven Thais arrested and charged for illegally entering Cambodian territory,the Thai government has hired two Cambodian lawyers to defend them 7 Thai nationals against the Cambodian’s accusation. According to Government spokesperson Panitan Wattanayagorn, if the defendants are brought to trial despite the […]
BANGKOK, Jan 3 – Both the Foreign Ministry and the Army Region 1 commander on Monday urged the yellow-clad activists of the Thailand Patriot Network not to rally tomorrow at the border, saying the move could sabotage talks between Thai and Cambodian authorities over the release of seven detained Thai nationals. Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to […]
The crackdown by Thai police on undesirable foreigners living in Thailand gained momentum with numerous arrests of fugitives wanted by INTERPOL and other countries. Police Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop, directed the very capable leader Police Colonel Athiwit Kamonrat Superintendent of Chonburi Immigration to use all available resources to catch the wanted fugitives in Pattaya. -TN
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 26 – A suspect from Thailand was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday night with 19.5 kg of illegal ivory. Police intercepted her on routine patrol while she was checking into a Kenya Airways flight at 11.30pm with 105 pieces of ivory bangles, necklaces and raw ivory while […]
Chon Buri — Tourist Police early Saturday arrested an Australian man, who was accused of molesting two boys aged 14-15 at a rented room in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district along with 23 pornographic VCDs of boys. Following a tip-off that a foreigner was to bring minors for molestation at the rented room, police staked […]
Huge quantity of drugs and weapons seized in simultaneous crackdowns Bangkok police yesterday made multiple arrests and seized a large volume of narcotics in several simultaneous raids yesterday, the start of the month’s deadline the government has given the police force to crackdown on drug traffickers. Some 696 people were arrested as part of raids […]
