Immigration, narcotics and 191 police jointly searched 10 locations in Bangkok early on Monday and arrested 52 Nigerians, Tanzanians and Uzbekistanis on various charges. The operation was led by Pol Maj-General Surachat Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Ministries are clamping down on the hoarding of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes ahead of Saturday, when their prices would be higher. The new excise tax law, which comes into effect on Sept 16, introduces a new structure and calculation methods that would see the so-called sin taxes increase substantially. The law combined the existing seven […]
Authorities have seized more than 10 million methamphetamine pills and almost 20,000 unlicensed guns in nationwide crime crackdown since last October, Maj-Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich, spokesman of the Defence Ministry, disclosed on Sunday. The crackdown was ordered by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan in his capacity as the man in charge of security […]
Military and police forces launched a crackdown on dark influential figures on Koh Samui as part of the campaign to put the house in order. Four suspects were arrested and five guns of unspecified calibres as well as ammunition were seized on the first day of the crackdown, code-named Fa Sarng (Dawn), which focused on […]
About 5,000 criminal and drug suspects have been rounded up by police of First Region Provincial Police Bureau since March 31 as part of the police’s nationwide crime crackdown ahead of the Songkran festival. Police also seized 100 illegal firearms, 500,000 methamphitamine tablets and other drugs during the same period. Full story: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
On March 5th, Pattaya police successfully tracked down and confiscated a supply of drugs used for sexual activity as well as some 500,000 baht in cash. Reports had reached police that an organized gang had been operating in the Pattaya area for some time and police had finally managed to mount enough evidence to spring […]
Over 20 women and transgenders of different nationalities were rounded up in Pattaya early Friday morning in a city-wide crackdown on prostitution. Police said that the arrested women and transgenders included Thais and nationals from Uganda and Madagascar. They were suspected of offering sex service to foreign tourists. Full story: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
As part of the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s measure to tackle prostitution and human trafficking, a 50-strong police-cum-Army team raided the “Than Thip Entertainment” massage parlour in Bangkok’s Huai Kwang district on Tuesday night and rounded up 20 suspects. Huai Kwang precinct’s acting superintendent Pol Colonel Arkhom Chantharat said cashier Khanittha Haochai and receptionist Suchada Ubonpitak […]
