Crime & Police

Officers arrested Mr. Pachon, also known as Lek, 34, at about 8:06 p.m. on November 1st near Soi Chaloem Phrakiat 25 after linking him through CCTV to more than 10 snatch-and-run…

Cannabis sweets horror. Two parents suffer violent convulsions and lose consciousness as their toddler falls ill. Police raid a Bangkok shop, arrest a 26-year-old woman… Read More ›

Police raided a cannabis shop in Bangkok today, November 1, and seized 90 unlabelled cannabis gummies following reports that a family of three became seriously ill after eating cannabis sweets in…

A foreign English teacher was knocked down by a motorbike while crossing a zebra crossing in Bangkok’s Nong Khaem district, and the rider left the scene with police nearby, according to CCTV footage…

Residents evacuated a Pattaya condominium early yesterday, October 31, after a German man fell asleep while frying chicken, filling three floors with smoke. Pattaya City Police received an emergency…

Japanese police have arrested three men, including a high school student, over an alleged plot to smuggle rare Indian star tortoises from Thailand into Japan. Osaka prefectural police made the…

A serviceman is believed to have shot his pregnant wife dead before killing himself inside a military housing block in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district on 31 October, Bang Khen Police said. Police…

Thai police have arrested three Chinese nationals wanted in China over an alleged drug trafficking operation that shipped crystal methamphetamine from Thailand disguised as Thai snacks and food…

Bangkok police have arrested a 23 year old Myanmar man at a petrol station in Ayutthaya on 31 October, after a 20 year old Thai woman was found dead in her room in Din Daeng. Police said the suspect…

Sukhumvit vice crackdown. Police seize seven Vietnamese street prostitutes after complaints of harassment. All face deportation and blacklisting. Five operations have recorded 32 Vietnamese arrests,……

Poland in turmoil. Thailand’s Warsaw embassy warns 664 Thai residents to avoid protests as riot police move in. Three detained, two senior judges suspended and… Read More ›

Pol. Lt. Gen. Wasan Techaakarakasem, Commander of Provincial Police Region 2, visited Pattaya City Police Station at 7:00 p.m. on October 31st to deliver policies and directives. –…

Halloween police blitz. A 95-strong force hits Khao San Road as 60,000 revellers are expected and ฿200m in spending is forecast. Police warn of scams… Read More ›

iLaw director petitions court for dismissal of PM’s lawsuit iLaw director Yingcheep Atchanont has filed a petition with the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court requesting that the lawsuit filed…

Anon Nampa and 4 other activists sentenced to prison for royal defamation over protest speeches Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa and four other activists have been sentenced to prison for royal…

Two women posing as sick disciples have scammed a 105 year old monk at a Suphan Buri temple out of more than 20,000 baht (about US$615), according to CCTV footage shared by his followers. The pair,…

Scam empire exposed. Amnesty links five security firms and more than 20 Cambodian officers to compounds rife with rape, torture and forced fraud. Chief Agnès… Read More ›

Bangkok’s party strip faces a midnight shutdown! Khao San traders reel from a police corruption scandal as just four of 30-plus venues hold proper licences.… Read More ›

Police in Chiang Rai are hunting two gunmen who shot dead the director of a Chinese school in Mae Fah Luang district on Friday, October 30. The shooting happened at about 11am at the school in…

Bangkok police have closed 16 roads around the Grand Palace and Sanam Luang today, Saturday, October 31, for rehearsals of the royal cremation processions for Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother, and are…

Border kidnapping bust. Police stop a fleeing Toyota in Tak and find three Chinese men tied up and blindfolded. Four Thais face charges, while a… Read More ›

A 28-year-old Indian man told Pattaya City Police he was offered a herbal product for 380 baht outside a herb shop on Pattaya 2nd Road but was later charged 27,600 baht on his…

A Thai man died after being shot by a snooker club owner following a long-running dispute after the gunman’s customers urinated on his land in Trat province. The incident occurred on October 17, when…

A Thai woman in Udon Thani filed a police complaint after a motorcyclist took her phone by falsely claiming it belonged to him. The 50 year old woman reported the incident to Mueang Udon Thani Police…

A Buddhist monk and a temple undertaker came to blows in Nonthaburi, leaving both needing hospital treatment after an argument reportedly started over a barking dog. Police were called to a temple in…

A Thai man filed a police complaint in Pattaya after allegedly being assaulted by a neighbour following a long-running dispute over loud music late at night. The man, identified as 40 year old…

Southern police face a 44% allowance axe, but PM Anutin insists there are no cuts. Police orders tell another story. A ฿314m shortfall sparks fury,… Read More ›

Monk’s deadly drive. A 21-year-old bride dies collecting rice in Buriram, just 26 days after marrying. The driver flees, kills a buffalo and abandons his… Read More ›

BANGKOK: Shopee, TikTok Shop and Lazada have agreed to reduce mandatory fees charged to sellers on their platforms for six months, in a move the Ministry of Commerce says will ease costs for small…

Sex racket busted. Thai and Singaporean police smash Lover’s Fortress, a seven-year network supplying Thai women to elite Singapore clients. Four organisers arrested, 19 sex… Read More ›