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Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:
Police smash foreign drug network on Koh Phangan after arrest of Israeli ringleader with cocaine. Crackdown follows Brazilian suspect arrest and probes Russian gang as… Read More ›
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Pressure mounts on DSI chief Pol. Col. Yutthana amid rumours of a transfer as his agency pursues the explosive Senate collusion probe and Buriram’s Khao… Read More ›
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Thai police smash a Swedish-run darknet drugs empire run from luxury villas in Bangkok and Prachuap Khiri Khan. Three suspects arrested in Operation Pandora as… Read More ›
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Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has rejected Cambodian media claims that travellers were denied entry, forced to buy return tickets and charged ฿1,000 at Thai airports, saying… Read More ›
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Thai immigration police arrested an alleged Australian drug trafficking kingpin in a Din Daeng condominium after an international manhunt. The 44-year-old, wanted on 11 narcotics… Read More ›
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Thai whistleblower Atchariya alleges a ฿100m-a-year bribery racket at Bangkok’s Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre. Complaint claims Chinese detainees paid up to ฿200,000 monthly for… Read More ›
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Fugitive financier Ben Smith refuses to return to Thailand after the Criminal Court issues arrest warrants. Police say he’s in the UAE as investigators review… Read More ›
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Russian tourist, 53, seriously injured after plunging from a fourth-floor hotel balcony in Patong just hours after check-in. Police say she had been drinking with… Read More ›
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Police in Ayutthaya face a probe after a 42-year-old taxi driver suffering a cerebral haemorrhage was mistaken for a drunk driver, handcuffed and arrested. He… Read More ›
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Australian fugitive Paul Noel Casey, wanted over drug charges in Sydney, hid for years on Koh Phangan using a dead Irishman’s passport while running a… Read More ›
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Jealous rage erupts in Sisaket as a 33-year-old man allegedly shoots his 28-year-old girlfriend dead at home before turning the gun on himself. Police found… Read More ›
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Bangkok cops arrest Thai rider over Brit tourist bag snatch. Suspect allegedly admits to robbery, says app taxi pay is too low and he needs… Read More ›
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Police upgrade security for the US, Israeli and Iranian embassies after Operation Epic Fury and raging hostilities in the Gulf. Nationwide alert as fears grow… Read More ›
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Thai cops now hunt fugitive South African financier “Ben Smith” over ฿1bn fraud as six raids hit Bangkok. Warrants issued, 13 items seized, and ฿13bn… Read More ›
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Koh Phangan vice shock as two Ugandan women admit earning up to ฿500,000 a month from prostitution after Israeli tourist’s robbery complaint sparks undercover WhatsApp… Read More ›
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Thai woman, 37, marries two Austrian police officers in a single Buriram ceremony as each groom pledges ฿1m dowry. Close friends agree to a shared… Read More ›
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ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths fell to his death from a 17th-floor Pattaya flat weeks after a fraud conviction. The 58-year-old Brit was on bail and… Read More ›
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Bangkok’s Civil Court freezes ฿13.074bn in four explosive scam and fraud cases, including a massive ฿12.123bn seizure in the Tangthai or Yim Leak file. AMLO… Read More ›
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Wife hires hitmen in Chonburi car bomb plot: four devices rigged under fuel tank, remote blast fails, victim survives. Three suspects arrested after CCTV probe;… Read More ›
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Four Britons arrested after armed gang storms Pattaya home, holds chef at knifepoint and steals ฿2m safe. CCTV tracks three-car escape as suspects split cash… Read More ›
Young man became obsessed with his mother-in-law. Repeatedly sent her sexually obscene images online 
Southern army units robustly deny any involvement in attempted assassination of Prachachart Party MP 
Army sergeant sees red when he sees fiancée with another suitor after arriving home early. Shoots her 
Songkran boost of Tourist Police at Suvarnabhumi Airport to help new arrivals with safety and support 
Teenage girl’s devoted support of parents and sick father hits the heartstrings of generous Thai public 
Police probe death of elderly Swiss man in room fire. Officers believe it was linked to his smoking habit 
French tourists face deportation after being filmed on a Phuket beach engaged in sexual relations openly 
‘Mastermind’ of plot to kill Prachachart MP Kamolsak Leewama is the key to case say investigating police 
Iranian protesters at US embassy in Bangkok oppose Pakistan talks. Want to see the hated regime ousted 
Swedish mobster nabbed in Kathu condo bedroom by police raid. Wanted for 2020 Stockholm gun murder 
Hardline foreign tourism confirmed by new minster. More charges, shorter visas and mandatory insurance 
Consumer confidence plummets over US Iran war. Oil prices stay volatile with economic outlook uncertain 
Pattaya crackdown on hookers as police swoop on the beachfront area. Asians and Africans to be deported 
Lampang Police deploy horse drawn buggy patrols due to energy crisis on streets of provincial capital 
Malfunctioning power banks cause two devastating fires in one day in northeastern Thailand. No injuries 
Last minute US Iran ceasefire looked fragile on Wednesday as Thailand still urged nationals to return 
Anutin’s second cabinet takes office amid Premier’s warning about the growing energy crisis over Iran 
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