A three month investigation into an illegal drug distribution network operating within the South Pattaya entertainment area, including Walking Street, has resulted in the arrest of 18 people, 14 men and 4 women along with the seizure of Marijuana, Crystal Methamphetamine and Cocaine. Officers from the Department of Special Investigations (DSI) and the Narcotics Suppression […]
BANGKOK, April 20 – The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the so-called Red Shirt movement, will rally May 19 at Ratchaprasong intersection in downtown Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of the May 19 protest clampdown in 2010 and to commemorate those killed during the political demonstration. UDD spokesman Worawut Vichaidit announced on […]
The Bangkok metropolitan police hold a press conference announcing the confiscation of narcotics and weapons in drug raids. In citywide drug raids by the Metropolitan Police Bureau, police arrested 161 suspects for dealing drugs, 178 suspects for drug possession, 609 suspected drug users, five suspects for illegal possession of firearms and seized more than 88,000 […]
Thai police raided and shut down an illegal beauty clinic at Supalai building in Nonthaburi Province. The clinic relies mostly on the internet to market its services, claiming to provide treatments with immediate results at affordable prices. In an undercover sting operation, the police sent in an agent to pose as a potential client at […]
Pattaya police arrested 100 beach roaming hookers charged pestering people in public areas to buy their sexual services. The police arrested and fined them each 100 THB then warned before releasing them. In addition, the police caught 8 dice gamblers on the same day. PATTAYA – February 29,2012 [PDN]; Pol.Lt.Col. Kittitat Kanchai, Crime Control Inspector […]
BANGKOK, Feb 12 – Thailand’s Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Sunday reported that 135,445 persons were arrested on drug-related charges over the past four months as part of the government’s illicit drug suppression policy. The ONCB reported the arrests accounted for 35 percent of the government’s target, which came under the “War on […]
Bangkok police have begun a crackdown on unauthorised operations of taxi motorcycles, after Wan Yoobamrung, a secretary to the transport minister, launched an inspection earlier this week and vowed to combat illegal operations based on mafia protection fees. A meeting of traffic inspectors at all 88 police stations in Bangkok was held yesterday to discuss […]
Pheu Thai party-list MP Jatuporn Prompan has challenged national army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha to make a public announcement that the army will not stage a coup in April, and said there will be a red-shirt rally this month. “I’ve received the report of a coup from an army official who took part in the military […]
