One foreign national and 13 Thais were arrested by police following a raid on a complex of low-rent houses south Pattaya. On Thursday morning a team of local police officers went to an area in Soi Khopai in south Pattaya which is renowned for having people who like to engage in illegal gambling and illicit […]
Walking along Sanphawut Road at around 4.30pm on Thursday, my son and I were stopped by a group of three men, one in uniform, standing opposite the Chinese temple. They nodded at each other then stopped us and asked whether we were Indians. Assuming they were policemen, I answered yes and showed them my driving […]
A foreigner was arrested at the Sa Kaeo immigration checkpoint Monday for carrying a fake passport. The passport identified the man as Christian Alphonse, 35, Guinean. Officials, however, found the passport was forged. The Guinea embassy also denied issuing this passport. The suspect has now been detained. He admitted paying Bt8,000 for the fake passport […]
In recent times the blogosphere has been home to reports of a twist in the usual tale of Thais snatching gold necklaces from unwitting persons on the Pattaya streets. These reports claimed there are a couple of foreigners stealing gold necklaces by way of the usual Thai-style snatch and grab from a motorbike. Initially dismissed […]
The crackdown by Thai police on undesirable foreigners living in Thailand gained momentum with numerous arrests of fugitives wanted by INTERPOL and other countries. Police Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop, directed the very capable leader Police Colonel Athiwit Kamonrat Superintendent of Chonburi Immigration to use all available resources to catch the wanted fugitives in Pattaya. -TN
Two unidentified foreign male had a motorbike accident on the Thappraya Road between South Pattaya and Jomtien. One of them died instantly and his friend was in serious injury and had been brought to the Pattaya Memorial hospital. Pattaya, the 28th December 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 4:50am, police Lieutenant Colonel Attaros Krongraj (Dongtan Police Investigator) […]
Chon Buri — Tourist Police early Saturday arrested an Australian man, who was accused of molesting two boys aged 14-15 at a rented room in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district along with 23 pornographic VCDs of boys. Following a tip-off that a foreigner was to bring minors for molestation at the rented room, police staked […]
A Japanese woman was found dead after she fell from her room on the eighth floor of a condominium in Pattaya on Friday night. Police said they found no signs of foul play. Nobuko Wachida , 63, had lived with her husband at the condominium Yoshikasu Wachida, 67, for years. On Friday before she fell […]
