In a weekly nationwide search, 63 foreigners were arrested on Thursday night as tourist police joined forces with other police agencies. Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpa said five were arrested for overstaying their visa – one Lao, one Indian, one Vietnamese, one Russian and one Myanmarese – in the 10th X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner Operation. Full story: […]
Tourist police arrested 66 foreigners during crackdowns around the country on Wednesday night. Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal, deputy tourist police chief, held a press conference at 1.30am on Soi Cowboy off Sukhumvit Road, to announce the results of the operation. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Tourist police joined forces with other police agencies nationwide to search 123 spots around the country and arrested 81 foreigners on several charges. The results of the 7th X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner operation, which was carried out throughout Wednesday till late night, were announced at a press conference by Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal, deputy police chief, […]
A total of 80 foreigners were arrested in the latest such crackdown led by deputy police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal. Surachet held a press conference at 2am at the Grace Hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 23 to announce the results of the sixth X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner operation that ran from Thursday until the early hours […]
BANGKOK — Police announced early Friday morning the arrest of 123 foreigners suspected of various visa infractions. In the latest police action as part of a sweeping crackdown on foreigners in the capital, regular and tourist police officers raided 49 schools and 59 hostels throughout the capital Thursday in search of people who entered the […]
Seventy-five foreigners have been detained in police raids across the country aimed at overstayers, people working illegally and crime. The suspects were mainly from African countries, Myanmar and the Philippines, rounded up in an operation that targeted 110 areas, police said. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
PHUKET: Officials at Phuket Provincial Hall are setting in motion plans to tackle rising concerns over increasing drug use by teens across the island, and have tabled the idea of taking steps to “prevent and combat prostitution”. Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday (Jan 29) officially launched a one-day youth anti-drug education event at the Tapao […]
A drug crackdown in Muang Buri Ram from January 18-21 netted five suspects, 8,190 yaba pills, 8.93 grams of crystal meth (“ice”), six pistols and 97 rounds of ammunition. Also seized were two cars used in committing crimes and 15 motorbikes reportedly pawned for drug purchases, provincial police chief Pol Maj-General Chaiyuth Jiansirikul announced on […]
