Late last evening, August 10, 2019, a severe motorcycle accident cost one man his life and seriously injured three teenagers in Chon Buri. At 10:00 PM last evening, local police and emergency responders told The Pattaya news that they were informed of a serious accident in the Nong Yai area near soi 8. Full story: […]
Bangkok – The Thai Meteorological Department says there is a strong chance for very heavy rains the next two days in Pattaya and surrounding areas. Here is the notice translated in English: The Thai Meteorological Department has issued an announcement today, July 17th, 2019, for a weather warning for heavy rain and strong wind and […]
Si Racha, Chonburi – Police and narcotic suppression officials seized about one tonne of crystal methamphetamine, or Ice, worth an estimated two billion baht at street prices, in a container yard in Si Racha district of Thailand’s eastern province of Chon Buri on Saturday. Two Chinese nationals and two Thais were apprehended on the spot […]
CHON BURI, June 17 (TNA) – Somchai Khunpluem, aka Kamnan Poh, who was the first mayor of Saensuk municipality and an influential figure of the East, died of colon and lung cancer at the age of 81 years and nine months at Smitivej Chonburi Hospital in Muang district of Chon Buri province at 3am. He […]
CHONBURI, May 25 (TNA) – About 25 crew members, working on a cargo ship were hospitalised this morning after a container aboard the ill-fated ship caught fire while it was anchoring at Laem Chabang Port in Chon Buri. Some 10 firefighting trucks rushed to the port to contain the blaze but poor visibility prevented the […]
A drug suspect who purportedly resisted arrest and opened fire at police in Ubon Ratchathani was arrested in Chon Buri on Wednesday morning, police said. The Crime Suppression Division arrested Prapas Pinrat, 36, in Tambon Surasak in Chon Buri’s Si Racha district, said Colonel Chaiyaweng Phaduang. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Two women have been arrested separately in Pathum Thani and Chon Buri provinces on charges of duping people in Pattaya out of 20 million baht in an online pyramid scheme. Crime Suppression Division police arrested Sutharat Boonma, 31, at the entrance of Soi Haruethairat 9 in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani on Saturday. […]
A tour guide has been arrested on charges of hunting protected marine species after he allegedly picked a bunch of anemone, along with anemonefish, from the sea for display to a group of Chinese tourists. The arrest of 32-year old tour guide, Aekkawat Meetem, a resident of the Sattahip district of Chon Buri, was ordered […]
