BANGKOK, Sept 3 – Thai narcotics suppression police on Friday arrested a Kenyan and an Iranian suspected of drug trafficking at Suvarnabhumi Airport after smuggling some 3.3 kg and 490 grammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice,’ with a combined street value of almost Bt12 million (about US$375,000). Ndungani Nancy Kahoya, a 27-year-old Kenyan, […]
Two students of Bangkapi Technical school were arrested on Thursday for the murder of a 9-year-old schoolboy on a bus on Wednesday morning, police said. The two — aged 16 and 19 — were charged with intentionally killing a person, illegally possessing guns and amulets, and having guns in a public area, police said. They […]
BANGKOK, Aug 26 – Five Iranian men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in three separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases involving a total weight of 12.3 kilogrammes of the drug, valued at Bt43 million (US$1.3 million), according to Thailand’s Customs Department. Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sajjapong told the media Thursday that Mohajeri Mohammadreza, 25, was detained […]
Police arrested a Thai man in Chiang Mai for procuring minors, and Belgian man for having sex with these minors, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tharit Pengdit said Thursday. On Wednesday, Suchat Biewtoo, 21, was nabbed at his home in San Sai district, while 41-year-old Philip Francoise was nabbed in front of a condominium […]
Two Taiwanese men, alleged to be part of a moneywire scam for which six of their compatriots were arrested last month, were nabbed by the police while they were using several cards to withdraw money at an ATM machine in Bangkok. Hsu Tien Yu, 22, and Chen ChunJung, 30, had been under close watch following […]
BANGKOK, Aug 21 – Twenty-three Indian and Pakistani men were arrested in Bangkok and face deportation after police from Chokchai Station searched their unregistered homes on Pradit Manutham Road in the Lat Phrao area on Saturday. Pol Maj Gen Chantawit Ramasut, chief of the investigation centre, led 30 police officers to surround and raid a […]
A covert Police operation led to the arrest of a suspected corrupt Pattaya City Hall Security Officer on Friday Evening at the Bali Hai Port in South Pattaya. Police received a complaint that the officer was taking money from vendors at the Port who were threatened with arrest if they did not pay. The vendors […]
A Taiwanese man wanted in Taiwan on drug charges has been arrested in Phuket, provincial immigration police chief Panuwat Ruamrak said at a press conference on Wednesday. Pol Col Panuwat said Wu Jung-Mu, 50, was arrested by immigration police at the request of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand. A local court in […]
