French tourist killed by speedboat in Krabi

KRABI — A 52-year-old French woman was killed after being hit by a speedboat while snorkelling at Koh Poda in this coastal province on Tuesday afternoon. The tourist, whose name is being withheld pending family notification, was struck in the head around 4pm by the boat propeller on the southern end of Poda island, said […]

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French ‘Fast & Furious’ drug runner arrested in Bangkok

A FRENCHMAN, wanted in France for allegedly conspiring with others to move illicit drugs around Europe, has been arrested in Bangkok, Pol Maj-General Apichat Suriboonya, chief of the Police Foreign Affairs Division, told the press yesterday. Also present was the French Embassy’s police attache Catherine Occhini. Andre Cabau, 39, who reportedly copied tactics used in […]

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French businessman electrocuted in Pattaya

Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A French resident in Pattaya was electrocuted and killed while he was trying to fix a water pump in his house Thursday night, police said. Pol Lt Col Techid Kulkanit, an officer on duty of Nongplua police station in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, was informed of the accident at 10 pm. […]

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