“Aek” a known Pattaya locksmith got drunk. Drove his pickup and was allegedly “cut” by a foreigner on a motorbike. “Aek” pulled his BB gun and threatened the foreigner. Pattaya, November 21, 2011[PDN]; Pol. Capt. Somchai Chaikananukul, Pattaya police was notified about a road-rage case involving a foreigner riding a motorbike and swerving in front […]
NARATHIWAT, Nov 22 – Fifty pangolins, also called ‘scaly anteaters’ and a protected wildlife species, bound for China were intercepted by the Thai authorities on Tuesday morning in this southern border province. Four local men were arrested at a road checkpoint in the provincial seat while driving a pick-up truck carrying 50 of the endangered […]
A drunk Nissan Cefiro driver displays the power of his modified car. Loses control, collides into multiple parked vehicles. Two women and the intoxicated driver severely injured. Pattaya, November 14, 2011 [PDN]; Pol. Lt. Col. Phumpat Narmputthar, Pattaya police station was notified about an accident involving a sedan crashing into parked motorbikes and pick ups […]
Police in Thailand have rescued almost 100 pangolins — members of a protected animal species that is valued as a food delicacy in China and Vietnam. Police Monday displayed the 97 pangolins, which were found in the back of a pickup truck that tried to evade a checkpoint in southern Thailand Sunday evening. The driver […]
PATTANI, 25 September 2011 (NNT) – Security Authorities in Pattani Province have stepped up security measures especially at important landmarks, and community zones after they received leads on a possible bombing in the area. Various checkpoints have been set-up on major roads leading to the Mueang District, to search all incoming vehicles. Leads have indicated […]
NARATHIWAT, Sept 8 – An army ranger in this restive southern border province was killed on Thursday as presumed insurgents shot him with an M-16 assault rifle while he was driving a pick-up truck carrying three other rangers back from work. The slain ranger was identified as Cpl Yongyuth Sujarit posted to an army base […]
Soldiers in Chiang Rai, Thailand have confiscated more than one billion baht worth of narcotics. Commander of the Phamuang Task Force Major General Prakarn Cholayuth, Deputy Chiang Rai Governor Pinit Harnpanit and Deputy Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board Sukhum Opasnipan jointly held a press conference, announcing the seizure of a major drug shipment, consisting […]
Four Hmong men were apprehended while trying to deposit some Bt5 million they allegedly earnt from smuggling ya ba (amphetamines) at a bank in Chiang Dao, police said Monday. Police presented the four at a press conference: Noppadol Songsitthicharoen, 33, Wanwichit Chatnapalai, 29, Charin Songsawatwong, 31, and Wongsakorn Phupakampanat, 30, along with Baht 3.599 million […]
