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…
2 arrested over Lao sex workers
Immigration police yesterday arrested two men on suspicion of involvement in the trafficking of women from Laos into Thailand to work in the sex trade. Pol Col Pitsanu Sitthithun, chief…
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…
Man arrested for murdering woman from dating app, another rescued
Police show Thanadej Kaewchuang the arrest warrant issued for him during a raid on his room in Muang district of Phatthalung on Wednesday night. “I thought I would die in…
Drug smuggler killed in shootout
Police and soldiers from the Pha Muang Task Force seize sacks containing methamphetamine pills from the pickup truck following a shootout with the smugglers, in Muang district of Chiang Rai.…
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…
PM skips temple to avoid clash
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha visits people in Wat Saeng Siritham community of tambon Tha It in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi, on Thursday. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was forced to skip…
UK government: no spending cuts, no reverse on tax cuts
British Prime Minister Liz Truss walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, October 12, 2022. Britain’s new government said on Wednesday it would not reverse its vast tax…
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…