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…
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.…
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…
Tha Uthai massacre unfolded over three hours of horror
Funeral pyres of the victims of the Uthai Sawan massacre, at Wat Rat Samakee on Tuesday. In the days before he murdered 36 people, 24 of them children, the former…
Kevin Spacey’s lawyer challenges accuser’s memory at sex abuse trial
Actor Kevin Spacey walks outside the Manhattan Federal Court during his sex abuse trial. Kevin Spacey’s lawyer on Tuesday challenged the memory of Anthony Rapp, on the stand in U.S.…
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,…