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Smuggler’s portal or ‘Doraemon Gate’ closed up in Kanchanaburi after 25-year-old found with ฿18M cash

Smuggler’s portal or ‘Doraemon Gate’ closed up in Kanchanaburi after 25-year-old found with ฿18M cash

May 28, 2025

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Thai police shut a secret border gate dubbed the ‘Doraemon Door’ after seizing ฿18 million in cash from a 25-year-old man caught smuggling money from… Read More ›

Cannabis regulatory regime expected in June ending pot free for all with medical certification needed to buy the drug

Cannabis regulatory regime expected in June ending pot free for all with medical certification needed to buy the drug

May 28, 2025

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Thailand to end cannabis free-for-all by June with strict new rules requiring medical certs, 30-day limits and licenced supplies. The crackdown comes amid rising smuggling… Read More ›

Golden Triangle drug lords or Wa Reds are Thailand’s enemy and it must tackle them head on, says Thaksin

Golden Triangle drug lords or Wa Reds are Thailand’s enemy and it must tackle them head on, says Thaksin

May 27, 2025

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Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the spotlight with a fiery speech, branding Myanmar’s Wa drug lords as Thailand’s top enemy, slamming ISOC and anti-drug agencies urging… Read More ›

UK mum in denial. Insists 29-year-old son was set up after being arrested in Thailand for cocaine use

UK mum in denial. Insists 29-year-old son was set up after being arrested in Thailand for cocaine use

May 27, 2025

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UK mum insists her son was set up after being caught with cocaine hidden in his passport at Phuket airport. Despite his legal conviction and… Read More ›

3 office workers at Chinese Pattaya property brokerage arrested as interest in the resort city surges

3 office workers at Chinese Pattaya property brokerage arrested as interest in the resort city surges

May 27, 2025

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Three Chinese workers were arrested in a Pattaya real estate raid amid a crackdown on illegal foreign businesses. Following the March 28 earthquake in Bangkok,… Read More ›

Thaksin to address state board on drug suppression despite howls of protest from human rights groups

Thaksin to address state board on drug suppression despite howls of protest from human rights groups

May 27, 2025

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Thaksin to address Thailand’s drug control board despite protests over his 2003 crackdown that caused thousands of deaths. Critics warn his violent legacy risks politicising… Read More ›

Police aircraft fleet grounded for full safety checks, a review of all aircraft and maintenance protocols at division level

Police aircraft fleet grounded for full safety checks, a review of all aircraft and maintenance protocols at division level

May 26, 2025

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Thailand’s entire police air fleet has been grounded after two deadly crashes in one month killed nine officers. On Saturday, a 1973 helicopter exploded mid-air,… Read More ›

Lovesick Romeo’s instant karma at his ex-lover’s house. Blown up by his own grenade as he tried to kill

Lovesick Romeo’s instant karma at his ex-lover’s house. Blown up by his own grenade as he tried to kill

May 26, 2025

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Lovesick man’s attack on ex turns deadly when a grenade he threw fails to explode first time but detonates in his hand on the second… Read More ›

On the run UK fraudster on Ko Samui who ran a hotel and six restaurants under a fake alias is arrested 

On the run UK fraudster on Ko Samui who ran a hotel and six restaurants under a fake alias is arrested 

May 26, 2025

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UK fraudster Ashton Saunders, posing as a hotel tycoon on Koh Samui, was busted alongside armed robbery suspect Kieran Thornton in a Thai Immigration Bureau… Read More ›

3 Police airmen die in another air accident in Prachuap Khiri Khan. 1973 Helicopter fell from the sky

3 Police airmen die in another air accident in Prachuap Khiri Khan. 1973 Helicopter fell from the sky

May 25, 2025

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3 police officers died when a 1973 Bell 212 helicopter malfunctioned mid-air and crashed in Prachuap Khiri Khan—Thailand’s second fatal police air accident in a… Read More ›

Thai man arrested and charged after joke about ‘bomb in the bag’ as Air Asia flight prepared for take-off

Thai man arrested and charged after joke about ‘bomb in the bag’ as Air Asia flight prepared for take-off

May 24, 2025

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Thai man’s bomb joke sparks airport panic, delays AirAsia flight at Phuket. 200 evacuated, full bomb search clears plane. Man arrested, charged with causing public… Read More ›

Drug taking hotelier, a Frenchman, arrested by police on Koh Phangan in a major local police operation

Drug taking hotelier, a Frenchman, arrested by police on Koh Phangan in a major local police operation

May 24, 2025

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French hotelier managing his wife’s Koh Phangan hotel was arrested for drugs, weapons and illegal work. Police also detained a Russian woman selling banned e-cigarettes… Read More ›

Jailed Human Rights lawyer Arnon Nampa received international award from Irish activist NGO in Dublin

Jailed Human Rights lawyer Arnon Nampa received international award from Irish activist NGO in Dublin

May 24, 2025

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Jailed Thai human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa received the 2025 Front Line Defenders Award in Dublin for his courageous fight for democracy and free speech… Read More ›

Swiss man Urs Fehr to be placed on Interpol Watchlist as Phuket police want him to serve prison sentence

Swiss man Urs Fehr to be placed on Interpol Watchlist as Phuket police want him to serve prison sentence

May 24, 2025

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Swiss expat Urs Fehr flees Thailand after kicking a Thai doctor on Phuket beach. Court jails him for 1 month, but he vanishes before the… Read More ›

River Kok in Chiang Rai poisoned with arsenic from Wa state-controlled gold mining across the border

River Kok in Chiang Rai poisoned with arsenic from Wa state-controlled gold mining across the border

May 23, 2025

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Arsenic from Wa State gold mining poisons Chiang Rai’s Kok River, threatening thousands of families and businesses. Thai ministers will meet on May 27 to… Read More ›

Murderer arrested in Koh Samui. Found nearby at a local papaya salad shop. 36-year-old nurse strangled

Murderer arrested in Koh Samui. Found nearby at a local papaya salad shop. 36-year-old nurse strangled

May 23, 2025

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Koh Samui cops nab murder suspect working at papaya salad shop after 36-year-old nurse found strangled in her dorm. Victim’s car stolen, signs of sexual… Read More ›

Russian jumps to his death after terror of murderous spectre following marijuana overdose in Pattaya

Russian jumps to his death after terror of murderous spectre following marijuana overdose in Pattaya

May 22, 2025

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Russian man in Pattaya hallucinates murderous spectre after heavy marijuana use, then jumps to his death from the ninth floor. His death comes as Thailand’s… Read More ›

Bus driver arrested for pilfering a Romanian tourist’s account as Thai tourism is hit by rising scam reports

Bus driver arrested for pilfering a Romanian tourist’s account as Thai tourism is hit by rising scam reports

May 22, 2025

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Thai bus driver arrested for stealing ฿280,000 from Romanian tourist’s credit card, highlighting rising fraud in Bangkok and Phuket. With scams surging amid economic strain,… Read More ›

Second UK woman is jailed in a Third World hell hole after smuggling cannabis-based drugs from Bangkok

Second UK woman is jailed in a Third World hell hole after smuggling cannabis-based drugs from Bangkok

May 22, 2025

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A second British woman is jailed in Sri Lanka after smuggling £1.2m of Kush from Bangkok. Charlotte May Lee, 21, wept in court as she… Read More ›

Health Minister Somsak launches regulatory blitz to outlaw non-medical cannabis use within 40 days

Health Minister Somsak launches regulatory blitz to outlaw non-medical cannabis use within 40 days

May 21, 2025

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Health Minister Somsak launches a 40-day blitz to ban non-medical cannabis use and stop smuggling. This follows the arrests of two young British women linked… Read More ›

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