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Drunk woman stripped naked on a Pattaya public street Tuesday night hurling abuse. Arrested by police

Drunk woman stripped naked on a Pattaya public street Tuesday night hurling abuse. Arrested by police

October 21, 2026

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Chaos in central Pattaya as a drunken woman strips naked outside a convenience store and attacks police with a liquor bottle. A terrified 16-year-old girl… Read More ›

12 properties raided, 85 people charged after Pattaya police raids linked to the illegal foreign ownership crackdown

12 properties raided, 85 people charged after Pattaya police raids linked to the illegal foreign ownership crackdown

October 21, 2026

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Police target ฿800 million in Pattaya property across 12 raids, probing suspected foreign nominees and 85 people. Three Chinese men and 100 computers were found… Read More ›

Former top Democrat Party aide and MP met DSI over Bhumjaithai MP’s husband’s links to online gambling

Former top Democrat Party aide and MP met DSI over Bhumjaithai MP’s husband’s links to online gambling

October 21, 2026

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฿118 million in crypto transfers, nearly 10,000 transactions and a political storm. Former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopha challenges Suchada over her husband’s Shuffle.com stake and… Read More ›

Row over handling of two online gambling cases related to MPs. Questions of jurisdiction and fair play

Row over handling of two online gambling cases related to MPs. Questions of jurisdiction and fair play

October 21, 2026

Crime, Economy, Foreigners, Living, Media, More News from Thailand, Politics, Thailand:

฿226 million frozen in one gambling case, questions in another! Rome challenges the treatment of Chonnapat and a Bhumjaithai MP’s husband. Suchada’s shifting share-sale account,… Read More ›

German family members injured in Phuket after app based taxi driver lost control of car looking at GPS

German family members injured in Phuket after app based taxi driver lost control of car looking at GPS

October 20, 2026

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GPS distraction sparks terror on a Phuket street as a white Toyota hits a food vendor and pedestrians. Six people are injured, including German children… Read More ›

Men accused of murdering Russian siblings in July plead guilty to all counts in Pattaya including rape

Men accused of murdering Russian siblings in July plead guilty to all counts in Pattaya including rape

October 20, 2026

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Death penalty looms for two Thai men after guilty pleas over the rape and murder of Russian siblings in Pattaya. The case exposed three earlier… Read More ›

7kg heroin in drink sachets bound for Australia found in a Samut Prakan premises after police tip off

7kg heroin in drink sachets bound for Australia found in a Samut Prakan premises after police tip off

October 19, 2026

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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

Chinese and Vietnamese links probed in police open files on nightlife activities in Bangkok and Rayong

October 19, 2026

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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

Much loved Robocop, a popular figure in Nonthaburi near Bangkok dies in a tragic road traffic accident

October 19, 2026

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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

Nigerian cocaine gang arrested after strict crackdown orders from the Immigration Bureau chief Big Nop

October 18, 2026

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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 ›

Midnight raids in Rayong on karaoke clubs fronting for prostitution see local police chief sidelined pending enquiries

Midnight raids in Rayong on karaoke clubs fronting for prostitution see local police chief sidelined pending enquiries

October 17, 2026

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Four unlicensed KTV clubs serving Chinese customers face a midnight crackdown in Rayong. Suspected prostitution, drugs and illegal workers emerge. Claims of ฿10,000–฿30,000 monthly payoffs… Read More ›

Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day

Six dead in deadly clashes in Southern Thailand including a policeman killed on National Police Day

October 17, 2026

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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

American company director arrested in Bangkok Thursday for failing to over a million baht in wages

October 17, 2026

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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 ›

Justice Ministry boss reveals ‘Black Research’ aimed at High School students. 3,000 sexual abuse images

Justice Ministry boss reveals ‘Black Research’ aimed at High School students. 3,000 sexual abuse images

October 16, 2026

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Schoolboys aged 15–17 were tricked into supplying intimate videos for bogus university research, DSI says. Bangkok hotel worker, 26, arrested. DSI investigators seized 5,000 explicit… Read More ›

Man gunned down by motorcycle assassins outside a weed shop in Bangkok’s Laksi district early Friday

Man gunned down by motorcycle assassins outside a weed shop in Bangkok’s Laksi district early Friday

October 16, 2026

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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

Police arrest South Korean after child reports mother being abused. Man found to have overstayed his visa

October 16, 2026

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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

Base pipe bomb attack on Thursday in southern Yala province left five army officers with minor injuries

October 16, 2026

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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

Air hostess linked to international trafficking ring smuggling Chinese nationals in and out of Thailand

October 16, 2026

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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 ›

Boss Surat Thani woman shot worker who borrowed a cooking pot and motorbike dead after he attacked her

Boss Surat Thani woman shot worker who borrowed a cooking pot and motorbike dead after he attacked her

October 15, 2026

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Roadside bloodshed in Surat Thani as a woman shoots dead her former rubber tapper, 47, over a rice cooker and borrowed motorcycle. She admits threatening… Read More ›

Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday

Portuguese woman’s 5 year stay in Thailand without a valid visa ends at a Phuket cookery class on Tuesday

October 15, 2026

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Phuket cooking class ends in arrest for a Portuguese woman after immigration police expose a 1,807-day overstay. She has no original passport, only a phone… Read More ›

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