A drug suspect was shot and seriously injured after he attempted to run his taxicab into a policeman to make an escape from a sting operation in the heart of Bangkok early yesterday. Wanchai Wongjanruang, 32, received a gunshot wound in the nape of his neck. He received treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital under the social-security […]
The 191 Police Taskforce yesterday raided an online baccarat/football betting operation in Bangkok’s Wang Thong Lang district, the taskforce deputy commander Pol Col Suthin Sabphoung said yesterday. Suthin led 191 and Wang Thong Lang officers at 1:00 pm yesterday to search rooms number 206 and 232 at Thong Charoen Mansion in Soi Lat Phrao 122. […]
Bangkok Police have busted a Taiwanese gang involved in a call-center fraud, in which victims were tricked into paying more than 100 million baht. Immigration police have arrested 13 Taiwanese on charges of international crimes during a raid on a house in Chaengwattana Soi 10 in Lak Si District, in which six computers, 17 phones, […]
BANGKOK, 2 May 2012 (NNT) – Thai police chief has announced a seizure of over 1 million tablets of amphetamine worth 306 million baht. National Police Chief Police General Preopan Damapong said the police yesterday arrested two suspects in an estate in Soi Nawamin 111, Bangkok, which is near the Prime Minister’s house. Authorities also […]
BANGKOK, 1 May 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s Cabinet has agreed to extend free bus and train services for low-income commuters for another six months to help them tackle high cost of living. The construction of electric trains in Bangkok will be expedited in order to live up to the commitments the government made during the […]
Fire rages at Lam Luk Ka Khlong 7 in Pathum Thani, spreads to recycling factory, Nissan showroom, destroying 27 vehicles. MCOT
Service on an extension of the Bangkok Skytrain’s Silom line, covering four stations from Wong Wian Yai to Bang Wa, is likely to be postponed from the original schedule in December till next year, Krungthep Thanakom (KT), operator of the Bangkok Transit System (BTS), said yesterday. Progress depends on an agreement pending between two agencies […]
Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra Monday signed an agreement with True Internet to resume the Bangkok Wi-Fi project that will provide free Wi-Fi internet connection from 20,000 hotspots around the capital. The governor said Bangkok residents can use their identification card to register for username and password for using the free service. Read more: The […]
