Five suspected members of the “M16” gang that preyed on for-eign residents in Chon Buri have been arrested on burglary and armed robbery charges. At a police press conference, the five Thai men were pre-sented along with an M16 assault rifle, three pistols, one of which was stolen from a Sattahip resident, an Isuzu pickup […]
BANGKOK, April 12 (TNA) – Thailand’s anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ protesters on Monday paraded empty coffins with photos of 14 protesters killed during Saturday’s clashes between government troops and protesters which left 21 persons dead, including five soldiers and more than 800 injured. The motorised red-clad procession of cars, pickups, taxis and motorcycles pushed off from […]
BANGKOK, April 6 (TNA) — Two police officers were wounded Tuesday when a grenade exploded near the headquarters of the ruling Democrat Party, while a motorcade of anti-government protesters passed by the building on motorcycles and in cars and pickups, police said. The incident took place despite heavy security, with a combined force of 1,000 […]
Thailand protesters try to oust army from streets BANGKOK — Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters threatened to force soldiers from the historic heart of Thailand’s capital Saturday, raising tensions in what so far has been a nonviolent bid to bring down the government. Riding on motorcycles and in pickup trucks, the protesters traveled in […]
Police yesterday seized 1.6 million ya ba tablets and 2 kilograms of “ice” together worth about Bt30 million from a townhouse in Samut Prakan’s Muang district. The huge haul was the latest in a series of drug raids over the past week that have netted more than 2.8 million methamphetamine pills. Yesterday’s raid was a […]
Pattaya, Chon Buri – A German tourist was killed by a speeding pickup while he was crossing a road in this seaside town early Tuesday, police said. W. L., 55, ws hit and killed at the mouth of Soi Naklua 1 Road off the Pattaya-Naklua Road in Bang Lamung district at 2:30 am. Read more: […]
