Bangkok Officials Arrested in 2.8 Million Baht Corruption Scandal
Seven officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a corruption scheme involving falsified bus repair expenses amounting to 2.8 million baht. The…
Former police chief indicted over Red Bull hit and run case
The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has agreed to indict former police chief, Pol Gen Somyot Poompanmuang, former deputy attorney-general, Nate Naksuk, and six other individuals with malfeasance in office…
Algerian man nabbed after stealing a Buddha amulet in Bangkok
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Bureau and Chana Songkhram Police Station arrested an Algerian man suspected of stealing a gold-framed Buddha amulet worth 20,000 baht from a gold shop on…
Man arrested after being found with otter and pangolin carcasses
Police in Chachoengsao province have detained a 26-year-old man for having protected wildlife animals including otters and their carcasses. Police also confiscated three soft-shelled turtle carcasses and those of two…
Thai journalists arrested for graffiti on Temple wall
Two Thai journalists have been arrested for their story about an activist spray painting an anarchist symbol and a symbol critical of “lese majeste” laws on a Bangkok temple wall…
Thai man goes berserk and attacks foreign tourists in Pattaya
Police officers from Na Jomtien Police Station in Chonburi Province and Pattaya Tourist Police identified the man in CCTV footage after someone reported that he used a firearm to intimidate…
Thai police arrest leader of credit card skimming gang
Originally targeting pickpocketing gangs focusing on foreign tourists at the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok, the operation unearthed a more sophisticated and systemic approach to credit card theft. The alleged…
Top cop gets nabbed for selling drugs outside police station
A police officer was arrested shortly after he had allegedly literally delivered speed pills in return for money just outside the police station where he had been stationed in Nakhon…
Police conduct raids across Bangkok arresting 14 in relation to school teacher murder
Police conducted search operations targeting 14 individuals in the areas of Bangkok, Pathum Thani, and Nonthaburi yesterday evening. One of the 14 suspects, Chananchit AKA “Pepsi,” was taken for questioning…
Public prosecurors charge Thai Senator Upakit with money laundering and drug trafficking
Public prosecutors also slapped charges of possessing the illicit drug ketamine for sale, involvement in money laundering while serving as a senator, association with a transnational criminal organisation in committing…