Man held after two family members shot dead
Police and rescue workers enter a townhouse in Bang Kae district of Bangkok where two family members were shot dead. The gunman was subsequently arrested. (Screenshot from TV) A 28-year-old…
Taiwan-bound ‘durian’ turns out to be heroin
Officials examine some of the 7.2kg of heroin hidden in a water heater and bags of dried durian on Wednesday. The drugs were destined for Taiwan. Customs officials say they…
Storm Sonca hits Thailand Saturday
Buddhist monks and volunteers distribute necessities to flood victims in Ban Kud Kwang village in Muang district of Khon Kaen province on Friday. The Meteorological Department (TMD) has warned people…
Businessman killed in crash with turning truck
The BMW sedan was totally destroyed in the crash with a trailer truck making a U-turn on Highway 31 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district on Thursday night. The driver…
Skytrain flashmob protests Constitutional Court ruling on PM’s term
A group of protesters rode the BTS Skytrain while wearing black on Sunday in a flashmob-style protest against the Constitutional Court’s ruling to allow Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to stay on…
Unlawful guns must be handed in, govt says
The government will push for a new amnesty law to allow people to hand in illegal firearms in their possession to the state without facing any legal prosecution. The move…
Police seize fake US dollar banknotes worth 34-million baht in Nonthaburi
Thai police seized counterfeit US banknotes, with a face value of about 34 million baht, and arrested two suspects in Nonthaburi, in a joint operation carried out by police from…
Families gather for mass cremation of massacre victims
Devastated families gathered Tuesday for the cremation of their loved ones, killed in a nursery massacre that claimed 36 lives — including 24 children. The kingdom has been stunned by…
Prayut orders random drug searches after preschool mass killing
Workers prepare for funeral cremation of victims of mass killing that left 37 dead. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered a clampdown on drugs and a greater focus on rehabilitating addicts,…
Police seize 8.6m meth pills
More than 8.6 million methamphetamine tablets were seized in three drug suppression operations carried out in the North, Provincial Police Region 5 said yesterday. About 6 million pills were confiscated…