Two Thai men impersonating police searched a German tourist and robbed him of Bt300,000 in cash at gunpoint on Friday evening. Following a report of the theft, police rushed to Soi Thepprasit 7 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district at about 6pm. Michael Maslankowski, 43, told police he was riding a motorbike in the soi […]
BANGKOK, Jan 6 — Two Romanian suspects were detained in the Thai capital for alleged involvement in a transnational counterfeit electronic ATM card syndicate, Central Investigation Bureau deputy chief Pol Maj Gen Panya Mamen told at a press briefing on Thursday. Vint Danail, 25 and Roatis Sergiu Virgil, 24, were apprehended in Yaowarat, Bangkok’s Chinatown, […]
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Thailand’s baht traded near a 13- year high on speculation global funds will pour more cash into the nation’s assets, spurred by relatively high yields and the fastest economic growth in 15 years. The currency has strengthened 7.9 percent in the past three months, the best performance among Asia’s 10 most-traded […]
BANGKOK, 10 October 2010 (NNT) – Police have arrested a gang of criminals who forged land title deeds and used them as collateral for loans and escaped after the loans had been secured. The accused confessed that they have done it almost around the country with at least 10 million Baht. Police yesterday nabbed three […]
RAYONG, Sept 3 — Thai police on Friday took two Serbian suspects for breaking into an automated teller machine (ATM) on August 27 in the provincial seat to re-enact the theft after being arrested in Bangkok on Thursday. Milan Nikolic, 44, and Branislav Lazic, 50, were led to the Bank of Ayudhya Krachet branch in […]
A lone gunman has escaped with eight million baht after robbing the bank officials unloading the 20 million baht deposit into the Khon Kaen’s UOB Bank branch. The gunman, armed with a pistol has pulled off a daring robbery at Khon Kaen’s branch of UOB Bank where three bank officials were in charge of depositing […]
