7kg heroin in drink sachets bound for Australia found in a Samut Prakan premises after police tip off
Thai police uncover 7kg of suspected heroin packed into instant drink sachets for Australia. The senders remain unidentified. Meanwhile, officers seize 2.56 million yaba tablets… Read More ›
Chinese and Vietnamese links probed in police open files on nightlife activities in Bangkok and Rayong
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Police storm a karaoke bar at 4 am, arresting 13 Vietnamese and one Thai in a ketamine bust. Meanwhile, four Chinese KTV clubs are closed… Read More ›
Much loved Robocop, a popular figure in Nonthaburi near Bangkok dies in a tragic road traffic accident
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Just two hours after his final Facebook post, Nonthaburi’s ‘Robocop’ policeman, 28, was dead. A car turned across double yellow lines into his motorcycle’s path.… Read More ›
Nigerian cocaine gang arrested after strict crackdown orders from the Immigration Bureau chief Big Nop
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Bangkok cocaine sting leads police from a dealer to a Nigerian supplier mixing drugs with chalk and baking soda. Big Nop’s crackdown nets three arrests,… Read More ›
Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day
Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Gunfire tears through a Narathiwat hideout as police and soldiers confront armed suspects. A sergeant and three men die, while two rangers are badly wounded.… Read More ›
American company director arrested in Bangkok Thursday for failing to over a million baht in wages
Nearly four months after a court issued its first warrant, immigration police arrest an American businessman in Sukhumvit. Workers claim over ฿1 million in unpaid… Read More ›
Underfire southern MP says Prime Minister Anutin telephoned her and urged her to post a selfie online
World leaders applaud Anutin’s saxophone solo as an MP’s gambling links trouble Bhumjaithai. Suchada insists her husband owns just 1% of an overseas firm. Their… Read More ›
Pheu Thai leadership assures PM of support in the No Conference debate and vote at the end of October
Pheu Thai chiefs promise Anutin all 71 MPs to defeat a no-confidence motion against 18 Bhumjaithai ministers. But former Defence Minister Sutin refuses to give… Read More ›
Man gunned down by motorcycle assassins outside a weed shop in Bangkok’s Laksi district early Friday
Two motorcycle gunmen unleash more than ten shots outside a Bangkok cannabis shop, killing a 31-year-old man. Friends dive for cover as the killers flee.… Read More ›
Police arrest South Korean after child reports mother being abused. Man found to have overstayed his visa
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
A sudden call from a Thai woman’s child triggers a Pattaya police operation and the arrest of a South Korean man. Officers find a 274-day… Read More ›
Base pipe bomb attack on Thursday in southern Yala province left five army officers with minor injuries
Crime, Media, Politics, Thailand:
Yala security forces come under bomb attack as assailants throw two pipe bombs towards troop accommodation. Five officers are injured, one by shrapnel. The second… Read More ›
Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand
Crime, Living, Media, Thailand:
Police arrest Chinese air hostess in Hat Yai over suspected migrant smuggling between Thailand and Malaysia. Two men crossed illegally, another woman hid inside a… Read More ›
Thai News for Foreigners
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October 15, 2026
Violence flares near Bangkok’s IMF and World
Bhumjaithai Party Southern MP facing political strain as questions grow about her husband’s online fortune
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Suchada Sangtanasap is left to fight alone as
Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday
October 15, 2026
Phuket cooking class ends in arrest for a Portuguese
Thai police get involved in Hong Kong prostitution ring smashed last weekend which yielded vast returns
October 14, 2026
Thai women recruited for lucrative Hong Kong hotel sex
Police arrest Chinese tourist thief who used Thai flights to snatch credit cards and run up charges on them
October 14, 2026
Police swoop on Chinese tourist, 51, at Don Mueang on
UK man urgently sought by family after vanishing in Thailand over a week ago just before his flight home
October 13, 2026
Eight days lost in Thailand: Bailey-Harris Singh, 20,
Tax grab targeted at outbound passengers is opposed by travel industry as ministry pushes a new agenda
October 13, 2026
Tourism revolt in Thailand. Three industry groups
Upmarket Thai prostitution racket smashed by Hong Kong police. 16 people arrested in separate swoops
October 13, 2026
Hong Kong police uncover a cross-border prostitution
Air force monitors Chinese base operation in Laos as Beijing strengthens military ties with neighbours
October 12, 2026
Thailand’s air force monitors a new
Tourist police reach out to Russian Embassy to inform tourists visiting Thailand about laws and customs
October 12, 2026
Bangkok turns to Russia’s embassy for help
Police chief says Bangkok is ready for World Bank and IMF meetings with over 18,000 delegates visiting
October 12, 2026
Police Chief Samran Nuanma declares Bangkok ready for
Indian YouTube on tour of Thailand with no money hits a snag at Udon Thani temple and is asked to leave
October 11, 2026
An Indian YouTuber’s no-money travel adventure
Chiang Rai river basin findings ramp up the pressure on Thailand to act over poison flowing from Burma
October 11, 2026
Arsenic in Chiang Rai farmland raises the stakes for
Horrorific work incident saw woman (49) decapitated by a lift on Saturday. Police investigation underway
October 10, 2026
Decapitated at work. Alon Aneka, 49, dies as a Bangkok
Counterfeiting racket selling on TikTok and Lazada busted in Samut Sakhon. Six foreigners arrested on site
October 10, 2026
Online beauty bargain trap uncovered in Samut Sakhon.
PM says he can explain. Denies power over impartial agencies as a no confidence motion is filed in House
October 10, 2026
Anutin’s government faces a 145-MP challenge
Murder in Trang over meth tablet dealing. Two men arrested after burned remains found near reservoir
October 9, 2026
Botched ฿30,000 drug deal ends in murder. Theerasak,
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