B21m house seized from fugitive after huge crystal meth bust
Armed police stand guard outside the 21-million-baht house belonging to alleged transnational drug trafficker Somprat Sae Ung in Bangkok on Friday. The Office of the Narcotics Control Board has seized…
Govt to recapitalise Thai Airways with B10bn
Thai Airways International planes at Suvarnabhumi airport. The government will need to raise 10 billion baht to recapitalise financially ailing Thai Airways International (THAI) to keep its shareholding in the…
Bangkok governor faces his first setback from the City Assembly
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has been dealt his first setback by the City Assembly, when two motions regarding the Green Line electric train project were rejected on technical grounds. One…
Health clinic was front for sex services, police allege
Police serve Manthira Boonnipan, aka Naiyana Boonchu, 35, with the warrant for her arrest at KL Health Clinic in Bangkok’s Bung Kum district on Thursday. A woman was arrested on…
Body of missing Russian woman found in sea off Pa Tong Beach
Rescue teams in Phuket have found the body of a Russian woman, who went missing from Nai Thon Beach in Thalang District last Friday. Pol Maj-Gen Sermphan Sirikhong, commander of…
Police raid illegal nightclub for Chinese, seize luxury cars
City police raid an illegal nightclub in Bangkok’s Yannawa area early Wednesdsay. More than 100 customers, mostly Chinese nationals, tested positive for illicit drug use. A total of 104 customers,…
Chon Buri governor and police chief deny taking bribes from Pattaya nightspot operators
Chon Buri Provincial Governor Thawatchai Srithong and the provincial police commander, Pol Maj-Gen Kittanet Thananantaveesin, held a joint press conference yesterday (Tuesday) to refute allegations of bribe taking from night…
Physed teacher accused of raping student surrenders
Wachira Phanomkaen, 45, a physical education teacher at a school in Kalasin’s Kuchinarai district, is accused of raping a 13-year-old student. He surrendered to police on Tuesday and denied all…
Air strike during Myanmar concert kills at least 50: media, opposition
Demonstrators hold placards with pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as they protest against the military coup in Yangon on Feb 22, 2021. An air strike killed at least 50…
Six suspects wanted for the theft of police pistols and seized drugs arrested
Police have arrested six suspects who allegedly robbed a local official and five defence volunteers of their service pistols, about 20,000 methamphetamine pills and a car in Rattaphum district of…