BANGKOK, June 4 – A drug dealer was arrested in Pathumthani province in possession of 786,000 methamphetamines worth over Bt100 million in street value, two pick-up trucks and Bt3-million cash. Thailand’s national police chief Gen Wichean Potephosree on Saturday said Aniwat Sae-Lew was arrested by Metropolitan Police Bureau while he was delivering the meth to […]
Two students and six other civilians were injured by the explosion of an M67 grenade thrown by a militant in the old market area of Yala’s Muang district about 7.35am on Wednesday, police said. Witnesses told police that a man wearing a university student’s uniform and riding a motorcycle threw the grenade at a pickup […]
YALA, May 16 — Two Buddhist monks died today and two Thai army soldiers in their security escort were wounded during their alms-rounds in Yala. Police said the explosion seriously damaged the pickup truck which carried two monks, one the acting abbot of Suan Kaew (Poolae) temple, who were travelling on their customary morning circuit. […]
YALA, April 27 – One villager was shot dead in insurgency-impacted Yala province Wednesday morning, while five Army personnel were wounded in a bombing ambush in nearby Narathiwat. The first incident occurred early morning in a rubber plantation in Yala’s Bannang Sata district where the victim identified as Sombat Pandam, 32, was shot dead as […]
Bangkok – A 10-wheel truck smashed into a bus for factory workers near Bangkok Monday, killing seven and injuring 65, police said. Two more people were killed when a pickup truck that had stopped to get a better look at the accident was hit from behind by a speeding vehicle. Read more: Monsters and Critics
Fire yesterday ripped through 30 houses in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Thong Chai District, causing more than Bt100 million in damage and slightly injuring three people. Pak Thong Chai market – in the heart of the community which has just recovered from a 30year worst flood in October – was hard hit by the fire, prompting […]
The driver of an 18-wheel truck was killed and his two assistants seriously wounded in an attack on a highway in Pattani’s Kapho district on Friday. Police said the attack took place shortly after noon on Highway 4060 near Village No 4 in tambon Talo Duraman while the three men were returning to Yala after […]
Three people were shot dead by militants in Thung Yang Daeng district of Pattani province on Tuesday. Police said the attack happened shortly after noon at a garage in tambon Nam Dam where six men were having tea. Eyewitnesses told police that a number of men arrived in a black pick-up truck and opened fire […]
