Two police officers wounded in Narathiwat train station bombing

NARATHIWAT, April 18 – Two police officers were wounded in a bombing near southern Thailand’s Ruso district train station in the violence-impacted province of Narathiwat. Pol Sgt Chakpong Saengsawat and Pol Cpl Ratthapong Pramoonsap were severely wounded in the bombing while inspecting a checkpoint at the Ruso train station after gunmen fired at the station’s […]

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Thai Police Reject 80,000 Baht Bribe

An accomplice of an arrested drug dealer attempted to pay for her friend’s freedom with 80,000 Baht cash but she was charged with bribery of officers instead Pattaya, 7th April 2011 [PDN]: At 4.30 p.m., Police Lieutenant, Wissanu Chaisuwan (Assistant Suppressing Officer of Pattaya Police Department) and the police team arrested two drug suspects. Read […]

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Phuket’s Navy to Rescue Similans Stranded

THE ROYAL Thai Navy is sending a frigate to rescue tourists who are trapped in ultra-wet conditions on the Similans – but rescuing thousands of other tourists on Phuket from cabin fever is a far more difficult task. Navy officers have been told that about 160 tourists are stranded in tents or basic accommodation on […]

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