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…
Armed school-invasion copycat arrested
Police arrest a 34-year-old man, identified only as Theerapong, in front of a school in Ron Phibun district of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Friday just before he entered it with…
Ex-cop kills dozens of people at child care centre
Part of the vehicle believed to have been driven by suspected killer Pol Cpl Panya Khamrab, left behind as he fled a child care centre in Na Klang district of…
Heroin en route to Malaysia seized in Pattani
Packaged heroin, 110 kilogrammes in all, seized from two suspects following a car chase in Pattani’s Muang district. Two men have been arrested and 110 kilogrammes of heroin being smuggled…
Boy, 15, drives BMW through red light, kills new grad
The wreckage of the BMW driven by a 15-year-old boy is seen after it hit a newly-graduated student at Suranee University of Technology in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima on…
Woman’s body parts buried under expressway in grisly murder
Police dig for bags containing a woman’s body parts under the Chalongrat expressway in Lat Phrao district of Bangkok on Saturday. A man has been arrested for killing his lover…
Prayut remains PM, court rules tenure ends in 2025
The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s tenure has not reached its eight-year limit under the current constitution and that his term started on April 6,…
Noru to hit northeastern provinces on Wednesday night
Part of Muang district in Khon Kaen province is flooded as the Chi River overflows on Wednesday morning, with more rain on the way with tropical storm Noru. Typhoon Noru…
Tropical storm to hit Thailand on Thursday
Rescuers help out at flooded Bang Wang Phrom village in Wang Thong district of Phitsanulok province on Tuesday. The Meteorological Department says Typhoon Noru, currently threatening Vietnam after pounding the…