Finally cracking down on taxi and baht bus drivers failing to use the new designated stopping zones along beach road, police arrested a taxi driver and demanded that a taxi rank be immediately dismantled yesterday. The taxis had been waiting for custom directly outside CentralFestival on Beach Road. Some drivers fled the scene when they […]
BANGKOK, 21 October 2013 (NNT) – Thai National Police chief Police General Adul Saengsingkaew has officially announced the implementation of the towing of illegally parked vehicles in 10 areas of Bangkok. Drivers can contact local police stations to retrieve their towed-away vehicles and pay the incurred fines. Read more: NNT
BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Civil Aviation has plans to expand Krabi International Airport, using its 2014 expenditure budget, with an aim to accommodate 3 million passengers by 2015. Deputy Director-General for Airports Seree Jitsopha said that the expansion will cover both the passenger terminal and parking space. Mr. Seree said […]
Police are close to arresting the gunman in a fatal parking lot shooting of an infantry sergeant at a Bang Saen nightclub. However, police are re-checking evidence to confirm his identity, since the suspect may have friends in prominent government positions. CHONBURI – August 29, 2012 at 10:30 a.m., the Saensuk police station was visited […]
BANGKOK, 13 March 2012 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has sued the owner of a burned hotel for ignoring safety precautions and illegal modifications to the building. The Public Works Department of the BMA has informed police that two owners of the Grand Park Avenue Hotel have modified the building without permission. The […]
BANGKOK, March 9 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is investigating the possibility that the fire-ravaged Grand Park Avenue Hotel in Bangkok’s prime tourist area of Sukhumvit was permitted to modify its car park into a function room–where the fire broke out. Deputy Bangkok Governor Theerachon Manomaipiboon said today as he inspected the hotel in […]
Pakkred police in Bangkok arrested three women who claimed to be the owners of a second hand car shop with their cars parked at Muang Thong Thani. They hired a locksmith to open the car doors. Drove off and sold ten cars at 130,000 THB per car. Bangkok, December 9, 2011; Pakkred police reported of […]
A 76 year old German man was stabbed following a confrontation with two Thai’s who he accused of attempting to steal his motorbike. The incident occurred outside of the PS Guest House in Soi Yamato in South Pattaya and led to the arrest of Khun Yusagorn aged 18 and Khun Wanapa aged 27 who were […]
