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Director-general of DSI Police denies that he has been moved to an inactive post after reports in Bangkok

Director-general of DSI Police denies that he has been moved to an inactive post after reports in Bangkok

March 9, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

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 ›

Swedes who ran illicit drug platforms from Thailand controlling 80% of European market arrested

Swedes who ran illicit drug platforms from Thailand controlling 80% of European market arrested

March 8, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Immigration Bureau denies targeting Cambodian and Indian foreign tourists on arrival at Thai airports

Immigration Bureau denies targeting Cambodian and Indian foreign tourists on arrival at Thai airports

March 8, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Australian drug kingpin who sneaked into Thailand arrested in Bangkok’s Din Daeng. Held for deportation

Australian drug kingpin who sneaked into Thailand arrested in Bangkok’s Din Daeng. Held for deportation

March 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Systemic VIP corruption alleged at Immigration detention centre in Bangkok by rights activist ‘Genius’

Systemic VIP corruption alleged at Immigration detention centre in Bangkok by rights activist ‘Genius’

March 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Interpol Red notice under review by elite police as case widens against South African whiz Ben Smith

Interpol Red notice under review by elite police as case widens against South African whiz Ben Smith

March 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Economy, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

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 ›

Russian woman severely injured after jumping from her fourth floor balcony at a Phuket hotel after a row

Russian woman severely injured after jumping from her fourth floor balcony at a Phuket hotel after a row

March 7, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Man with brain haemorrhage arrested by police for drunk driving. Hospital surgery leaves him disabled

Man with brain haemorrhage arrested by police for drunk driving. Hospital surgery leaves him disabled

March 6, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Australian handed down 18 years prison sentence after pleading guilty to using a dead man’s passport

Australian handed down 18 years prison sentence after pleading guilty to using a dead man’s passport

March 6, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Jealous boyfriend murders woman and turns the gun on himself in Sisaket last Sunday over wedding plans

Jealous boyfriend murders woman and turns the gun on himself in Sisaket last Sunday over wedding plans

March 6, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Mototaxi arrested for tourist handbag snatch incident in Bangkok. Tells police he needs to support 2 wives

Mototaxi arrested for tourist handbag snatch incident in Bangkok. Tells police he needs to support 2 wives

March 5, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Thailand:

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 ›

Royal Thai Police tightens security for diplomatic missions in Bangkok linked to US Iran war in the Gulf

Royal Thai Police tightens security for diplomatic missions in Bangkok linked to US Iran war in the Gulf

March 4, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

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 ›

Elite police agency obtains arrest warrants for Ben Smith and wife as searches get underway in Bangkok

Elite police agency obtains arrest warrants for Ben Smith and wife as searches get underway in Bangkok

March 3, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Politics, Thailand:

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 ›

Ugandan ladies on the game in Koh Phangan tell cops they were making big bucks to send home to Africa

Ugandan ladies on the game in Koh Phangan tell cops they were making big bucks to send home to Africa

March 3, 2026

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

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 ›

Musical woman from Buriram marries two Austrian men at the same time after meeting them in Pattaya

Musical woman from Buriram marries two Austrian men at the same time after meeting them in Pattaya

March 3, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

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 ›

Tycoon Quentin Griffiths arrested off first class flight. Later convicted in Pattaya of fraud and forgery

Tycoon Quentin Griffiths arrested off first class flight. Later convicted in Pattaya of fraud and forgery

March 3, 2026

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

 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 ›

Money laundering moves in cases linked to Cambodia including cases tied to Ben Smith and Chen Zhi

Money laundering moves in cases linked to Cambodia including cases tied to Ben Smith and Chen Zhi

March 2, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Politics, Thai World, Thailand:

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 ›

Thai wife who hired two men to murder love rival in a car bomb explosion arrested by police this week

Thai wife who hired two men to murder love rival in a car bomb explosion arrested by police this week

March 1, 2026

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

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 ›

Brazen home invasion and robbery of UK Thai couple launched by 4 Brits on Thursday night. All arrested

Brazen home invasion and robbery of UK Thai couple launched by 4 Brits on Thursday night. All arrested

March 1, 2026

Crime, Culture, Living, Media, Personal, Thai World, Thailand:

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 ›

Quentin Griffith’s wife of 16 years says her children are missing since his death in Pattaya on Feb 9th after fall

Quentin Griffith’s wife of 16 years says her children are missing since his death in Pattaya on Feb 9th after fall

February 28, 2026

Crime, Culture, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Thailand:

Thai ex-wife of UK fashion tycoon Quentin Griffiths denies any role in his Pattaya balcony death as police probe suspected suicide. She says her three… Read More ›

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