A Swiss man accused of a sexual encounter with a minor and a suspected class 1 drug dealer were paraded in front of local journalists at a press conference held at the Pattaya Tourist Police Station just after 3.30 on Thursday Morning. Police Captain Yosapong, Deputy Inspector at the station led the press conference and […]
BANGKOK, Sept 27 – An Iranian national was arrested Monday at Thailand’s main international airport for smuggling 5.7 kg of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice”, worth over Bt20 million (about US$650,000), into the kingdom. Customs Department officials inspected the impounded drugs seized from 25-year-old Feizollahi Adel in the international arrival terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport. […]
Airport visa goof-up in holiday horror A US-based Nepalese homemaker headed for a holiday in Thailand via Calcutta was cleared for boarding at the city airport despite not holding a Thai visa, leaving her to face 18 hours of detention in Bangkok before she was deported. Tsomala Lama, 33, has accused Thai Airways and immigration […]
Revelations of widespread corruption and cheating in Royal Thai Police examinations have been uncovered in the Thai press this week. Reports stipulate that numerous non-commissioned officers taking the commissioned officer examinations were paying for their pass grade and using an unnamed telephone receiver/transmission device to assist in cheating on the exam. Thailand, the 24th of […]
Chiranuch Premchaiporn was detained by immigration police at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 2.30 pm today upon arrival from a trip to the Internet at Liberty 2010 Conference in Hungary. The police showed an arrest warrant issued by Khon Kaen Provincial Court, and she will probably be sent to the province today. Currently, the charges are not […]
Visa Overstay in Thailand, The Untold Story: Jail time for foreigners. BANGKOK (thaivisa.com): — Allegedly tired of overstaying foreigners arriving at Suvarnabhumi airport with a valid air ticket and the maximum fine of 20,000 baht in their hands, the Immigration Department is now arresting and jailing people before permitting them to leave Thailand. Anybody who […]
An American man has been arrested over possession of a small quantity of marijuana in Pattaya on Wednesday. In bizarre fashion, the man announced his possession of the illegal drug to a police patrol without provocation. Pattaya, the 23rd of September 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 5:00am on Wednesday, Sergeant Major Noppadol Lunput, patrolling in south […]
A man who is wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court for posting comments deemed offending the monarchy has been arrested, Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Prawut Thavornsiri said on Saturday. Pol Maj-Gen Prawut said the man, identified as Wiset Pichitlamkhen, was arrested by immigration police at Suvarnabhumi airport while he […]
